You can start pointe when your dance teacher thinks your feet are strong enough ;)
it is when you jump and turn around and when you fall you are looking the same direction
How many ballet positions have the heels of both feet touching?
1st position and parallel (or 6th position)
What does doess efface means in ballet?
Literally "obscured" or "erased".
In direct connection with ballet, it means "open" as when your legs do not cross each other; they are "open" to the audience. The opposite of efface is croise or "crossed."
What should ballet dancers eat?
ballet dancers are very fit.... so they eat from everything ... but they eat in fair proportions..... they try to eat healthy but eating some junkfood once in a month won't harm ;)
What are the characteristics of Christopher Bruce's work?
he makes pieces about real life issues and human rigts a lot ie :swansong
Kaide and Neisha Smith. They originated from Texas, and were soon popular dancers in local bars, from that they were in a Texas film called, "The Apple Theif" staring as two dancers in a local club.
What are the Top five ballet injuries?
i cant name the top five but a few are: metatarsal tears collateral ligament damage (the knee) achiles tendon tear shin splints and general sprains
Who composed the music used in the Frederick Ashton Ballet The Devil's Holiday?
The music was composed by Vincenzo Tommasini, on themes by Paganini. See http://www.ballet.co.uk/ashton/ashton_devils_holiday.htm for more details.
Why do ballet dancers have to be so thin?
Ballet dancers dont have to be thin. However in order to gain the flexibility and physical strength for ballet, you do have to be very fit.
What are some good poems about ballet?
"to Odette" Fair white swan of mystic night
singing me wave upon wave
of moonlight you spin and white lace encircles you
spirals of echoing light a rapid bouree to a moonbeam
and the cold calculating scent of morning
hangs like icicles from your breath caress me gently, my dove,
kiss me!
- the cold still kiss of night
of death
(a wane hand upon my shoulder now) embrace
a circle of lines
a symmetry of passion
ending in arabesque
your converging planes
form a portal to my soul love, fair, sweet swan of love! -(c) 1998 Gustav BenJava
What are some basic ballet terms and their meaning?
sorry but some of the spellings might be off
pleay-to bend ur legs
tendu- to extend ur leg in a pointed position
How do you pronounce pas de deux?
IMPROVED: Salut: The answers below are fine, butthis might help (I teach it to english speakers). Keep in mind that these are exercises, and not necessarily truisms to the french language. The first thing to do is to hold the mouth as if it were full of air; and say pah. Make the P sound so that none of the air escapes. Say de as if it were der (as in under), but, as said below, cut off the 'end' of the R sound (again, not letting any air escape). Here's the tricky one. It is not the same sound as the de. Say the de sound again, but this time place a Y between the d and the er, and finish the sound with the mouth prepared to say a U, but don't. Again, let no air escape the mouth. Practice; it's not that hard... just unfamiliar. Bonne chance.
Ok - first of all, it's hard to give a phonetic spelling of pas de deux if you don't know french.
If you are saying the english-ised version, then highlandlassie's version is the closest "pa-duh-duh".
In french, the "de" is a short sound you make in the front of your mouth (it's almost like the first part of saying "der" - but no "rrr" sound), and the "deux" is exactly the same sound.
That's very good, but a simple version might be 'pa di do'. Not a good accent of course, but easier for an American and people will know what you're saying.