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Ballet
Ballet is a graceful method of dance that originated in 16th century France. Extremely technical, ballet is characterized by strength, flexibility and beauty. The most skilled ballet dancers use pointe shoes to appear weightless. Ask questions here about ballet techniques, history and famous ballet companies.
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Should you only buy your child pointe shoes if they know how to use them?
They should be involved in ballet classes, and the teacher or instructor is the one to tell your child that she is ready for pointe. If she is taking ballet classes, she will learn how to dance in them overtime, but if she doesn't have them yet or has never worn them, of course she won't know how to dance in them.
What should a dancer who has an injured knee do to recover quickly?
Where a support band, which you can get from your local chemist, it will support your knee and if the injury isn't too bad, you should be able to still carry on with your dancing until your knee has fully recovered. If after a fortnight, at the most, your knee still isn't feeling better, go to your doctor and tell her/him because there could be some further damage involved.
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
