Why the h*** all ballerinas are from Russia.
no doubt that they are talented but why russiaaaa
I'm just jealous :)
2007-05-02 08:35:46 · 7 answers · asked by Emily 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
Russian domination of the world ballet world ended with the end of the Soviet Union. The reason they dominated for so long was due to incredible amounts of money used to support large ballet companies and programs designed to screen kids for dance talent regardless of socioeconomic status (no big deal, they were ALL poor). Girls with the right "look" (skinny with great feet) were in great demand. That "look" was also pushed by George Balanchine here in the USA. Ballet was a great propaganda tool also. I have a friend with a large Southwestern city ballet company who literally was dropped off at a local ballet school in a Baltic country at the age of 9 - tried out and immediately accepted to the local school and then moved up to the national ballet. Their education, diet, dance training, was all controlled closely. The major ballet companies in the former Soviet Union have fallen on somewhat hard times and many of the dancers leave for better paying jobs in the West.
2007-05-02 14:19:15 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a ballerina, i live in USA. yes there may be good ballerinas in russia, that does not mean the best! there are pleanty of tallented dancer/ballerinas all over the world, my sisters(older) are amazing!
2007-05-02 08:43:20 · answer #2 · answered by XpunkXballerina 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not all of them are. im from United States. and there's tons of great ballerinas in the US think about New York ballet or Houston ballet San Diego ballet Julliard... etc. theres a lot of great ballerinas in US :]
2007-05-02 13:30:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they can't afford to eat so they're already skinny and their parents sell them to the slave owner, I mean ballet school to 'train' them. Just like that Romanian gymnasts back in the day. They have no choice but to be dedicated from such a young age...
2007-05-02 08:44:33 · answer #4 · answered by Marianne D 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋
because, in russia, they're trained hard pretty much from the time they can walk. So, they're forced into it, it's sometimes all that they know how to do.
2007-05-03 03:48:32 · answer #5 · answered by swimaouttawater 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is mainly because it is established that they will attened ballet school. they don't really have an option to choose, and they already have a limited diet.
2007-05-02 09:17:38 · answer #6 · answered by jessica b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Russians just are not as lazy as Americans.
2007-05-02 15:42:44 · answer #7 · answered by PurelyMe97 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋