Where/when did groin-padding originate? It doesn't seem to be prevalent in modern ballet, but traditional ballet seems to go all-out. I can understand padding to hide what's REALLY there, but they sure seem to go overboard.
2006-10-02 13:05:29 · 10 answers · asked by envision_man 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
Actually most of them don't. It's just that they compress what they have, so it looks bigger.
Without getting too graphic, think what you see when you look at a man from behind with his legs spread. There are - um - things hanging down, aren't there? Well, that would look unattractive in tights, so male dancers wear a support which tucks them up front with the rest of their equipment. Assuming you're a guy, try it for yourself and see what kind of package you end up with.
2006-10-02 21:12:12 · answer #1 · answered by Kylie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dancers Pad
2016-11-14 04:16:53 · answer #2 · answered by proto 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of all the questions I get asked about being a straight male in ballet, this makes me laugh the hardest. Why? Because if any male dancer was stuffing socks down his dancebelt he'd get laughed out of the changing room. Fact is some of the dancebelts we wear under our tights are padded. But only to the extent that it creates a rounded bulge, instead of identifiable parts. The girls I dance with don't really care.
2013-11-15 07:38:40 · answer #3 · answered by dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. They often have to supplement their income with an income from another job. Unless you join a large company or have a high rank, you will not make much. Very few make a decent amount to live without needing another source of income.
2016-03-17 03:53:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
for form and gender costume for display it is not what you think at all it is also for protection it is to make each movement perfect to the viewer whom understand the art to know not for the lay person i must say!
so there fore someone else shall have to tell you
and rather male or female whom watch the gentleman never feels any negative by the costume they are always at ahhhhh at all the beautiful talent the gentleman has displayed
would you agree - YALL!1
2006-10-02 13:15:12 · answer #5 · answered by wise 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think they go overboard to enhance the manliness of the male characters.
2006-10-02 13:08:41 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because the 'roids shrink their units.
2015-09-20 06:01:36 · answer #7 · answered by Dr. Avery 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wouldn't you pad it, if you had thirty high-kicking women twirling around you?
2006-10-02 13:09:15 · answer #8 · answered by hquin_tset 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Over compensating for pushy parents, who wouldn't let them go to discos
2006-10-02 13:28:27 · answer #9 · answered by SteveUK 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Because it was assumed they were gay and they wanted to prove they were men.
2006-10-02 13:22:49 · answer #10 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋