tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88434776895702955442024-02-20T04:36:19.383-08:00all about balletsballet music, ballet schoolAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05726301151812059638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843477689570295544.post-89446869274550488822013-06-27T01:25:00.005-07:002013-06-27T01:25:40.346-07:00Finding the Right Ballet Shoes<div style="text-align: justify;">
The most important part of learning ballet is having comfortable shoes.
If your shoes are the least bit uncomfortable or poorly fitting, then
you will have trouble dancing and learning moves. Even if they seem
comfortable, they might have some aspect that makes it more likely to
sustain injury to your feet. If you have feet that are usually hard to
fit in shoes (if they are especially wide or tall, for example) then you
may have trouble searching for the right ballet shoes. But no matter
what, you should be diligent until you find the perfect ones.
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You should look at the particular shapes that your feet make. The
outline of your toes can range from an almost perfect square to very
rounded. Your shoes should fit the shape of your toes very well. Some
people have a 2nd toe that is longer than their 1st toe. This needs to
be accommodated, otherwise you will be uncomfortable in your shoes.
There are different things that can be used to modify shoes for
particular toes. These include separators, and fitting kits. You can
take a regular shoe, and modify it to fit your feet.
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You also need to look at the shape of your foot and see if it has any
peculiar properties that you need to keep in mind. Particularly, your
arches may cause problems if you don’t accommodate them. If the middle
section of your foot is very highly arched, extra material sometimes
needs to be added to the shoe to allow for support. This comes into play
especially when you are doing pointework on your toes, since a lot of
strain is placed on the arch of your foot.
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So, make sure that you spend plenty of time finding the perfect shoes
for your feet. They should feel like an extension of your body, and not
as if they’re just some hunks of material stuck on the end. So when you
go to the shoe store, don’t be afraid to try on as many shoes as you
need in order to find the best ones. You may have the store employee
bustling back and forth carrying boxes of shoes, but that’s alright.
When you’ve been ballet dancing for years and your feet are in perfect
condition, you will be glad that you went to the trouble.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05726301151812059638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843477689570295544.post-1242613265502438192013-06-27T01:25:00.002-07:002013-06-27T01:25:03.659-07:00Finding a Good Ballet School<div style="text-align: justify;">
The best way to learn ballet is to take a class. You could attend
private tutoring lessons, watch instructional videos, or read books all
day long, but the truth of the matter is that nothing can help more than
attending a class in the person. Being around fellow ballet learners
helps in the encouragement department, and of course it is beneficial to
have a teacher there to critique moves for improvement. So if you want
to learn ballet, or you want your child to get involved with ballet, you
should look into classes. There are several places you can find ballet
classes.
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The top tier of ballet learning is the big schools. These are the
prestigious institutions for the most precocious ballet dancers. In the
USA, the School of American Ballet is considered the most prestigious.
Students are admitted to these schools based on their performance in an
audition. The students can be as young as 6 years old, even younger in
some cases. While these schools are definitely the best way to learn all
aspects of ballet, they are simply not a viable option for many people.
Not only are they rather costly, but they are also very selective about
picking students. Usually students are already extremely talented, so
if you are looking to learn the basics then you will need to look
elsewhere.
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The next option is to find local lessons that are set up for beginners
and people with no experience dancing in the past. You can look at many
different locations. Your local recreation center probably offers
classes designed for different ages. If you don’t have any luck there,
try a community college. Sometimes churches host ballet lessons by
independent teachers. Ask around locally to find out what your options
are, and try to get some feedback about where the best lessons are.
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If you cannot find any other options, then a private tutor is an
acceptable choice. The companionship of classmates is always a positive
when learning, but you may have to make do – or get tutored with a
friend. But no matter what you do, you should remain extremely
disciplined, and stick with your goal of learning ballet. Ballet is
great for the mind and body, and you can only benefit from learning it.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05726301151812059638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843477689570295544.post-61390368129043623632013-06-27T01:24:00.002-07:002013-06-27T01:24:28.026-07:00Ballet Music: A Graceful Genre<div style="text-align: justify;">
When you watch a ballet performance, it can be easy to take the music
for granted and focus on the skill of the dancer. Sometimes the music
gets overlooked. In fact, there is a whole genre of music called Ballet
Music. It is specifically designed to be danced to. Prior to the huge
popularity of ballet, regular ballroom dance music was used. However, as
it grew in popularity and became more standardized, the music too
became standardized. So while you might not have known that some music
exists specifically for ballet, you can still find out about some great
composers and enjoy their music.
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John Weaver was a ballet composer considered to be a specialist in
creating music specifically to dance to. He was one of the pioneers in
that area, and started trying to compose music that told a specific
story. In ballet music, there are usually certain characters established
by the music, and their traits can be seen repeated through different
notes and tones. For example, someone might be dancing quickly and
intensely as the music sounds aggressive. This would indicate that the
character is aggressive. Sometimes the stories would even be sung in
word form, though this is not a particularly popular method anymore.
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Although ballet music is pleasant enough when listened to by itself, it
is still meant to be listened to accompanied by the dancing of the
ballerina. In fact, composers often choreograph the dances themselves,
or write down basic indicators of what they expect the dancers to be
doing. However, it isn’t ever completely specific. Often, many different
choreographs will be written for a given piece of music, allowing
dancers to use the same music but learn new things at the same time –
also, giving novice dancers and advanced dancers the chance to dance to
the same song.
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Lots of old ballet music has been released into the public domain, which
means that you can download it for free and use it in your own
performances. Whether you need music for a ballet class, you want to
practice on your own, or you just want to listen to some beautiful
classical music, ballet music is a great choice. So check out some of
the most influential artists – including Jules Massenet, Riccardo Drigo,
Aram Khachaturian, and Igor Stravinsky, among many other extremely
talented composers.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05726301151812059638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843477689570295544.post-26975215330711369262013-06-27T01:23:00.002-07:002013-06-27T01:23:41.920-07:00What is Required of Ballet Dancers<div style="text-align: justify;">
Ballet is known for being an extremely flowing and graceful style of
dance. This is how it has grown into such a recognizable art form. In
order to pull this off correctly, it requires a very specific type of
person. The average person might not be naturally suited for ballet, but
through a combination of conditioning and natural abilities, they may
be able to develop their ballet abilities. Here are some characteristics
of ballet dancers, and how you can condition yourself to display those
traits even more.
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The most important thing required of a ballet dancer is grace. You must
be able to go from one move to the next effortlessly and seamlessly,
otherwise the flow of the dance will be broken and you will appear less
skillful. Some people simply don’t have natural grace. Maybe you’re the
type of person that is constantly tripping over their own feet, or
running in to things. Well, ballet will certainly help you in those
regards. But to get started, you should practice your agility and your
grace.
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Next you should consider your flexibility. Ballet will require you to
bend your body in more extreme ways than you probably have before.
Therefore you should make stretching into a regular part of your day,
and do it at every possible occasion. Start stretching your legs, arms,
and back. Stretching will increase the range of motion of your muscles,
and reduce the risk of injury by building up the muscles around the
joints of your body.
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Finally, speed and technical knowledge are required when executing the
moves. The best way to gain these traits is by practicing ballet all the
time. When you first start, you will get an introduction to the basic
moves and techniques. By doing them all of the time, they will start to
become like second nature. You’ll be able to stand on your tiptoes with
perfect posture in the exact position required by a ballet dance, and
you won’t have to even think about it. This is the point which every
ballet dancer should strive to get to.
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If you’re intimidated by all of these things that you need to pay
attention to, don’t be. To become a good ballet dancer, you will need to
spend years getting your body and mind in shape. So get started now and
pay attention to all of these traits, and develop yourself as well as
you can.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05726301151812059638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8843477689570295544.post-81951161228332320922013-06-26T23:22:00.002-07:002013-06-26T23:22:58.929-07:00An Introduction to Ballet<div style="text-align: justify;">
If you are at all involved in dance, then you have probably heard of the
most famous kind: Ballet. You can find ballet schools all over the
world. Ballet is a fairly loose term that refers to a general style of
dance that follows certain methods. Within the umbrella term of
“ballet”, you can find all sorts of different styles that are taught in
different regions. Usually a ballet dance is characterized by being very
graceful and flowing with precisely coordinated movements. Dancers
appear to cheat or even defy gravity while dancing.
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Ballet originated in Italy during the renaissance, as court entertainers
made an effort to put on the most elegant and elaborate shows. The
first ballets included a single person dancing, who was accompanied by
some other form of entertainment, such as spoken verse, singing, or
instruments. The shows usually included costumes and decorations. Early
ballet was hardly recognizable as the same thing that we see today.
However, over the years different countries began to adopt the art form.
In France and Russia particularly, ballet was encouraged as a
performance art. However, it still showed some of the more conservative
tendencies of its early days.
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In the 18th century, ballet began to grow extremely popular, and
therefore started to become more defined and organized just as much as
it changed and evolved. At this point, the technical aspects started to
emerge. Famous ballerinas started to push the envelope of what was
regular in the shows, and developed pointework, the tiptoeing movements
that are so recognizable in modern ballet. There were many efforts to
standardize ballet – fortunately, none of them succeeded and we have a
diverse art form with many different flavors around the world.
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Today, ballet is a worldwide phenomenon. Ballet techniques are taught to
children, adults, males, and females. Performances are often held by
schools, and some troupes of ballet dancers are quite famous and tour
across the world. If you are interested in learning ballet, you just
need to find proper lessons that will give you training to remain safe
and graceful. You can look for lessons in your home town, whether they
are at someone’s house, a community college, or an actual ballet school.
Ballet is great for the mind and body, and is an art form that isn’t
hard to appreciate.</div>
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