tell me interesting things about ballet?

Answer 1

Hmmm ...

There is a "ballet battle" going on right now between a reviewer in Los Angeles and a critic in New York, they're taking pot shots in the newspapers.

In the mid-1800's, Emma Livry refused to have her tutu flame retarded because she didn't like how it changed the material ... she caught on fire during a performance.

The quality of technique in ballet has steadily risen in the last 50 years ... and sadly, audiences continue to applaud atheleticism rather than artistry.

The Nutcracker is by far the most popular ballet and the annual christmas show is such a source of income that dance schools rely on it to keep their schools open.

Ballet is a LOT more fun to watch from the wings!

Jean Rosentthal added side lights all the way upstage instead of just the first wing for ABT and Balanchine flipped out on her. ... and then later apologied, it's the standard today.

If I were an aggressive person, I'd make "three minute ballets" for the camera and sell them to cable tv. We need to re-think how we reach our audiences with our art forms.

Dances should never be called 'routines' or 'numbers' .. they should be called 'pieces' like an art piece.

One says "merde" (which is sh*t in french) to a dancer for good luck .. not 'break a leg'!

Merde!

Answer 2

The forms and positions of ballet were originally based on equestrian riding techniques. Those movements were later refined to express the illusion that the dancer was virtually unaffected by gravity...IE: the dancer on point...and all lines made by the body to be smooth and unbroken giving the feeling the the movement extends far beyond the physical limits of the body. When the 'broken lines' of modern dance were first brought into the dance world, the audiences were enraged and sometimes even rioted because the new form of dance was something they could no longer 'judge'.

Answer 3

Isadora Duncan was most definitely NOT a ballet dancer, but the founder of modern dance. And I loved everything wrathofkublakhan wrote, but especially this:

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I'd say that ballet is the most difficult art form to master, yet the most unappreciated and misunderstood.

Answer 4

i'm no longer a ballerina yet i do dance and at our recitals i'm getting to be certain the ballet dances. i'm no longer a huge fan of large slow dancing like ballet in spite of the shown fact that it somewhat is somewhat rather and and the cotumes are rather too. factor is definitely cool to boot. definitely i do no longer think of i might like ballet that lots using fact it form of feels very slow and strict yet thats basically me. in spite of the shown fact that, i do no longer ideas watching it now and back.

Answer 5

It's beautiful and elegant and great for your body. It kills your feet but it's worth it. Mikhail Baryshnikov was a fabulous dancer AMAZING and he is still alive much to old to dance though. check the link out the guy is pretty interesting!

Answer 6

out of all types of dance ballet takes the most flexiablity, strength, and effort, but out of all the dances is supposed to look the most effortless. o yea and it kills like heck, especially pointe. beauty is pain. :)

Answer 7

Very graceful, I LOVE IT


first starting pointe will hurt but after a while and learning tips, yuoll get use to it

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Answer 8

Do you know about Isadora Duncan? I think she is pretty interesting, she was a ballet dancer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
read how she died too, very unusual death

Answer 9

It;s beautiful and fun to do. I love it with all my heart.

Answer 10

it hurts ur feet.but it is a beautiful dance