Children Should Be Allowed In Dance Schools

The applauding audience, the lights, sequins and feathers, the colorful, elaborate tutus, and satin pointe shoes capture the hearts of young girls. Where else can a young girl dream of becoming a princess, a swan, a dancing snowflake or flower, or a sugarplum fairy? Where else can she be a fairy tale character like Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty? Where else can she be rescued by her handsome prince and collapse into his arms? Ballet is the magical world where these dreams can come true. Young girls and women can be all of these things, symbolizing femininity in a culture that teaches young girls to be and want everything pink and pretty.

The history of ballet dates back to the 18th century starting with Baroque dance. Fabritio Caroso da Sermoneta was a famous Italian Renaissance dancing master. He was born around 1526-1535 and died around 1605-1620. His dance manual "Ballarino" was published in 1581, with a subsequent edition, significantly different, Nobiltà de dame, printed in 1600 and again after his death in 1630. In the 19th century there was the pre-romantic, romantic and the classical ballets. Anthony Tudor deserves an honorable mention for his choreography and teaching. Pre-romantic ballet occurred sometime circa ?? up to 1831. The romantic period covered the early to mid 1800's. This era also introduced the calf-length dress. A few of the great Romantic dancers were Marie Taglioni, Fanny Elssler and Carlotta Grisi. The tequnique became more developed, but the role

For the history of Russian Classical ballet, it originated in a group of dance academies in Moscow and St Petersburg in the eighteenth century. At first the dancers were from poor backgrounds - usually from orphanages - but the Tsars were particular ballet enthusiasts and so the profile grew. However, in the nineteenth century some of the best French and Italian dancers and teachers went to Russia and ballet developed considerably more than in Western Europe where opera was preferred. It was under this climate that Russian ballet led the way in classical dance with such famous stars as Anna Pavlova, Mikhail Foskine and the legendary Nijinsky, who all trained with the Frenchman Marius Petipa at the St Petersburg Imperial Ballet.

Ballet is a beautiful and romantic type of performance art. It originated in the Italian court systems in the 15th century (Jonas). Since its origination, ballet has undergone many changes and gained worldwide recognition. Filled with elaborate costumes, cheering audiences, lights, weightless movements and beauty; ballet is admired by many. On the magical stage ballerinas can become whoever they wan to be, and perform in a world of fantasy. For these reasons, children, especially little girls, all over the world dream of becoming ballerinas when they grow up. However, becoming a professional ballerina is an extremely difficult accomplishment, in which few will achieve (Kelso 1). The world of ballet may seem to be filled with glitz and

Ballet started in the late 1400s during the Renaissance. When Catherine de Medici who married King Henry the second of France know for throwing large parties. These parties would last for 8 hours straight of music, food, dancing and other entrainment. These

Growing up was never easy for me, but I did not let that stop me from pursuing my ballet career. I didn’t grow up doing ballet, and taking my first ballet class at the Boys and Girls Club at age 13 gave me a setback compared to others who may have been dancing since they were 3. My teacher put me into many positions,

Dance is the beginning of the unit and therefore serves as an introduction to mental and emotions.

However, I didn’t know until recently how much effort it would take. It would require working in a highly competitive environment that demands dancers to constantly improve and be judged on every little thing while being critiqued constantly. This, in turn, leads to a very stressful work day. A dancer’s day generally ranges from seven to eight hours of exhausting exercise. The skills that are necessary to perform these tasks are the ability to work with others, have high stamina, high endurance, ability to pick up choreography quickly, have strong pas skills, and be able to think on your feet. For all that work the salary is only ten to twenty five dollars an hour. Thinking of all the strict rules may seem overwhelming but there is one thing that isn’t strict, the attire. Being a professional dancer allows you to chose any outfit you feel fit to dance in. Traditionally for females a leotard and tights are worn under a shirt and pants. They may also wear socks and warm-up boots to keep their feet warm in long rehearsals. Thinking of the fact that the rehearsals are long usually lasting all day sometimes with a performance right after. It seems next to impossible to attend school while pursuing a career in ballet. However, some dancers go to college and major in dance before starting their career. This is more risky though considering

Ballet requires a lot of fitness. Dancers also have good endurance and have to do conditioning just like other sports. Some of the boys in our dance studio use ballet for agility to help them with other sports

Well kids got more opportunities in the ballet world. More little kids, teens, and young adults are trying out for big roles in major dance gigs. The kids are getting into ballet because there are more people who are liking dance and getting in to dance. More adults are signing their sons and daughters for dance. More people are thinking ballet or any type of dance is cool and want to do it. They started to let kids to dance in big roles. Young boys and girls started to be into ballet and want to do ballet. People also got more into ballet shows and now they have ballet/Pointe all over the

The history of ballet is rich, complex and full of powerful meanings depending on the time period. Ballet in the 15th century was seen as something that only select individuals could do, whereas, the 20th century ballet can be preformed by anyone. By thinking about how ballet performers have changed, a question may be thought is, have the people attending these ballet performances changed as well as the performers themselves? Today, children from ages two and up start taking ballet and family members come and watch their final recitals. National ballet companies are also an event and often draw attention to the higher-class individuals who have a taste for ballet. The ballet world could be seen as to having a quite array of attendees, events and functions, but that might not have always been the

As an African American I have felt the brunt of the under representation of minorities in dance. The dance world is changing, it is becoming more diverse and we see society is opening up to various dance styles. Though this is the case, if one were to look-up “professional dancer” on google, a minority is nowhere to be found with-in the first few images. La A.M.I.D is going to bring together minorities who have the common passion of dance. Building a community among minorities to increase exposure to the many minority owned dance companies and studios. Informing members of professional training and job opportunities. Educating members on the minorities who help revolutionize the dance world. As well as provide industry tips and tricks. Empowering

Women play a very important in ballet. Just like George Balanchine said, “Ballet is woman.” However, as much as I love his choreography, I do not agree with what he said. Although Balanchine preferred female performance in his work, the type of women he like to use did not represented the real feeling of female. According to Catherine L. Tully, Balanchine preferred girls with small bones and small breasts, instead of mature and curvy women. Also, the choreography work women will have. It is obvious that Balanchine preferred the dancers to have characteristics that belongs to immature and adolescent girls. So the statement “Ballet is woman” is not true.

While watching the video “Ballet, Sweat, and Tears,” I noticed that the Ballet teachers in Russia are more strict and severe than the ones in America. The teachers at the Russia academy yelled a lot and physically touched the students, while here I America that is not allowed. In my opinion a difference that I saw was that the students over at the Vaganova Ballet were not lazy at all. The students from the Russian academy were more focused and traditional. Russian ballet also focuses on moving the body as a “whole,” their moves are more controlled and precise. They also tend to focus on flexibility and endurance as well as the positions of the arms. I also noticed that the students attending the Vaganova academy were more willing to make sacrifices. And example, would be the little girl that stated that she has not been able to watch television for over two months now. Now, the typical student here in the United States tends to be lazy and usually has a careless attitude. I know the students over here in America would not wake up at six in the morning just to keep practicing, especially in today’s generation. While, I also watched some ballet videos from the school of American Ballet I saw that the diet is not as firm as the one from the Vaganova Ballet Academy. Many people have also stated that compared to the Vaganova Ballet Academy the school of American ballet is a breeze. A major difference that I saw was the performance while the Russian ballet performance was precise

First of all, People are able to work as a professional dancer because there are many stages which they can perform in the world. First example is that Broadway has many kinds of musical performances such as Aladdin, The Phantom of the Opera, and The Lion King. Second example is that DisneySea and