Ballet

the nutcracker is based on a girl meeting her prince, if this doesn't sound right to you than do not take my advice.

Maria Tallchief's parents did not dance professionally, or even attempt ballet. However, they did take their daughter to ceremonial Osage Indian tribe dances, which encouraged and sparked her love of movement and dance.

It is called a pirouette.

If you start pointe work when you are not ready, not strong enough, it can be very damaging to your feet and bones. If you sstart when you are ready and strong enough, you can certainly get blisters, etc. I have been doing pointe for about 6 or 7 years now and the backs of my heels have reddish calluses. My pinky toes as well are like big red knobs, callused over. Neither my heel or pinky toes hurt to the touch, although sometime if I dance en pointe for a while at a time the will hurt, as will the rest of your toes, depending on what kind of pointe work you do. I've been told ballet dancers will sometimes develop arthritis too later in life if you are serious about ballet and do it often. After 6 or 6 years of pointe work, my feet are now a lot stronger than before but generally feel and look great (minus the knobby pinky toes and heels).

Hi, Demi-Pointe shoes are safe as long as they are used correctly! They are not to be used to go on pointe in, demi-pointe shoes are designed to allow budding ballet dancers who are strengthening their ankles to experience the sensation of pointe shoes!

Well this answer really just depends on what company you dance with, if you dance professionally, etc. I dance with a company although it is not profession and we do not get paid. We have a 1 and a half hour ballet class 4 times a week and a 1 hour partnering (pas de deux) class each week. You are supposed to go to class atleast 3 times a week to be able to perfrom with the company. When we have a performance coming up, we have rehearsal (depending on what part(s) you have) generally every Saturday leading up to the performance and the length is usually anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours.

American Ballet Theatre, the Pennsylvania Ballet, The Kirov Ballet and the Bolshoi Ballet

I started wearing pointe shoes when I was 11 and studying Grade 3 of the BATD syllabus. But I was very tall and therefore had to dance with girls older than me( similar height) so I didnt look stupid and therefore had to join in on pointe, personally I think this is a bit young as I have mangled feet.

Cendrillon is the story of Cinderella. It is an opera written by Jules Massenet. During the first act, Cinderella's father Pandolfe pities his daughter Cendrillon. Her father, his new wife, and her two daughters are to attend a ball, which Cendrillon is forbade from attending. She falls asleep next to the fire place and her fairy godmother appears. She is given magnificent clothing and is told to return by midnight. The second act takes place at the palace where the prince is melancholy because he has to choose a wife. Cendrillon enters and everyone is blown away by her beauty and grace. Act three is the return from the ball, where Cendrillon's father tells her that they are to return to their home in the country. The prince and Cendrillion are brought together by fairies and they fall asleep in each other's arms. In the final act, Cendrillon's stepmother tells of an assemblage of the eligible princesses to try on the glass slipper that Cendrillon lost on her way home from the ball. Cendrillon tries on the slipper and is recognized by the prince and they live happily ever after.

Yes there is some, but the anime is not really focused in ballet. But the setting is in a ballet school. The name for this anime is Princess Tutu.

As an attendee at a performance, a nice dress or a pants suit. As a performer, you wear what the costume director tells you to wear.

if you are about to or are teaching yourself pointe work, stop! pointe work is for people with years of ballet training and 1 - 2 years of pre pointe or strengthening classes. like all things to do with ballet, you need to have a trained teacher to guide you through the proses and correct you when you go astray. pointe is dangerous enough as it is so tyring it without a proper teacher is going to be dangerous, recluse and down right stupid! nobody can teach themselves pointe. if they do they will ruin their feet and probably break something along the way.

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Hell yes ballet dancers are stronger. Footbal players are all meat and muscle that isnt true. Ballet dancers also can go on pointe it takes extreme muscle time and effort to do that. Anyone can doggie pile like an idiot but can anyone do a double pirouette on pointe? The answer is no.

Thychoski wrote the music but I'm not sure who choregraphed the actual ballet!! SORRY!

You need all your muscles for gymnastics. Male Gymnasts need more upper body strength than leg stength, while female gymnasts need a combination of the two

That isn't foranyone to say. Only you know what type of dancing you like best. Personally, I'm excelling in Break Dance, but you might prefer tap dancing or fleminco! You decide and use it for what you asked it for!

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its mostly used for arabesques, you have to have balance becuase your standing on one leg with your other leg extended behind you. it is also used for pirouettes and turns.

No, Beth killed herself with the nail filler but I believe that the whole scene was just Nina's imagination!

There is not just Cechetti Ballet and Ballet. You learn a ballet syllabus, there are many different ones. When you take an exam it is from an exam board for example Cecchetti but there are many others such as R.A.D., I.D.T.A. and I.S.T.D. However Cecchetti and RAD (Royal Ballet) seem to be the most common.

Cechetti grades are a lot more technically demanding and are considered harder. Grade 3 in Cecchetti would be equivalent to a Grade 4 or 5 in RAD. Cecchetti is also a lot harder to get a high mark in. You cannot compare exam results from Cecchetti and RAD fairly.

There is more focus on alignment and poise in Cecchetti than in RAD which becomes more useful if you want to become a professional. Some positions such as 'epaule' are only included in Cecchetti. I personally think Cecchetti is slightly better than RAD and all the others, having trained in RAD and Cechetti.

The student must have strong legs and ankles to be ready to go en pointe. To test them, hold a ruler flat on their ankle, then have them point their toes. If their toes dont touch the ruler when they point, they are ready. Also, make sure they are capable of straightening their knees completely. If they go on pointe with bent knees, they may get injured.

modern ballet with a mix of social and cultural styles to suggest geographical locations. These include english Morris, Latin american carnival and African. there are also references to contemporary and post-modern dance

Ballet, as the art form we know today, had its roots in 17th century France in the court of Louis XIV. At first, all the roles, both male and female, were danced by men. It wasn't until the 18th century that women began to figure more prominently in the ballet world.

The first ladies danced in heavy floor-length costumes and heeled shoes. In the middle 1700's, Marie Camargo caused a sensation by shortening her skirts (to just above the ankles!) and removing the heels from her shoes. This adjustment enabled Mlle. Camargo to jump higher and allowed the audience to see her footwork.

The one element most associated today with ballet, the pointe shoe, did not emerge until early in the nineteenth century. We may never know which dancer was actually the first to dance en pointe. Current historians credit several dancers with being among the first. Pictures of Maria del Caro (1804) and Fanny Bias (1821) depict the ballerinas on the tips of their toes, or nearly so. Genevieve Gosselin and Amalia Brugnoli were among those receiving acclaim for their early development of what is now considered basic pointe technique.

It was perhaps Marie Taglioni who, at the height of the Romantic Era, developed the aesthetic beauty of pointe work, which enabled her to appear ethereal and weightless.

The first pointe shoes used by ballerinas of the early nineteenth century were little more than soft ballet slippers which were heavily darned at the tip. Dancers posed for barely a second on pointe. Today's pointe technique, which consists of relevés, pirouettes, hops and sustained poses, was not possible until the advent of the modern pointe shoe.

There are many different types of leaps in ballet but the main two are called grand jete (pronounced ju-tay) and sout de chat (so-day-shaw). The only differences between these two leaps is that sout de chat goes through developpe and grand jete does not.

Pointe shoes (aka toe shoes) are shoes that we ballerinas wear to enhance our performance. Contrary to popular opinion, Pointe shoes are not made out of wood, but of paper mache. The shoes give the illusion that we are on our toes, while in reality the shoes are supporting our weight and our toes are being cushioned by padding.
Pointe shoes are not comfortable, though, and many blisters, bunions, and foot injuries come from dancing "en Pointe." To be able to dance on Pointe you must have had several years of dance and very strong ankles.

i think that it is russia........that is the most famous.....