Ballet

By Hailey McEwan

Ballet

• Ballet came from the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts.

• Ballets usually use classical music.

• Ballet is usually slow and graceful.

• Ballet dancers use strength, resilience, elegance and grace.

Classical ballet

• Most formal of the ballet styles.

• Best known for its unique features and techniques, such as Pointe work , turn- out of the leg, and high extensions; its graceful, flowing, precise movements; and its ethereal qualities.

• There are at least seven styles of training in classical ballet.

Neoclassical ballet

• Neoclassical ballet is the style of 20th century classical ballet exemplified by the works of George Balanchine.

• Balanchine used flexed hands (and occasionally feet), turned-in legs, off-centered positions and non-classical costumes .

Contemporary ballet

• A form of dance influenced by both classical ballet and modern dance.

• George Balanchine is often considered to have been the first pioneer of contemporary ballet.

• Many of its concepts come from the ideas and innovations of 20th century modern dance, including floor work and turn-in of the legs.

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Ballet

• Ballet is a fun, graceful dance.

• The costumes are all different colors and have different designs.

• There is ballet and you can go on point shoes which is a higher level.

• Ballet can be hard at first but if you practice you can always get better.