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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.