Ballet Terms
There are many ballet terms you need to know in order to take ballet. Most language is in french. Ballet movements all have meanings, for example Plie is when the legs bend. Every ballet class starts with plies in all five positions to loosen muscles and promote elasticity. Good plie gives impetus for jumps and also helps to cushion a landing. Another movement is jete,which is a jump from one foot to another. There is also a grand jete which is when you jump higher then in regular jete. There is also names for certain types of jumps. One being a Pirouette is when you turn your body with one foot. A Turn out is when the dancer does a 90 degree turn out of the leg from the hip without any strain. If you would like to see more ballet postitions and definitions go to this website. http://www.geocities.com/axiom43/ballet.html
Ballet Shoes
Dancers wear blocked slippers called toe shoes or Pointe shoes in order to dance on the tips of their toes. Toe or Pointe dancing was transformed into an artistic expression. Whilst is another type of shoe that have been described as an athletic shoe. There made from paper and paste, there remains remarkably few serious injuries found in the feet of the modern ballerinas. At first some dancers resorted to wearing a soft Pointe shoe for jumping on one foot and a hard one to support the leg for balances and pirouettes. The introduction of stiffer shoes made possible new technical achievements not previously known.This website helped me learn about different types of ballet shoes. http://podiatry.curtin.edu.au/ballet.html#fantasy
The Nutcracker
The nutcracker was a ballet that was written by E.T.A. Hoffman. The nutcracker was a story about a German girl who dreams of a nutcracker prince who fights in a fierce battle against a mouse king with seven heads. The ballet has a lot of music composed by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. He composed the Nutcracker in 1892. The Nutcracker is usually performed in the late November until Christmas. There were many children in the ballet. The most recent child that played Clara was Emily Gotschall in 1995. The complete ballet did not achieve its great popularity until around the mid-1960’s. If you would like to find out more about this ballet then visit this website. http://www.nutcrackerballet.net/html/nutcracker_story.html
Ballet, and what its known for.
Ballet is known for a lot of things. Its known for its techniques, graceful moves, turn out of the leg, its positions, high extensions and Pointe. In order for you to dance Pointe, you have to have at least 3 years of ballet. Reason being, it is a lot more complicated. Audiences find it fun and peaceful to watch a ballet. Ballet is a form of art, like opera. Works of dance choreographed using these techniques are called ballets and usually include dance, mime, acting and music. Usually in a ballet there is an orchestral. Ballet technique is called classical because it stresses this purity and harmony of design. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet
