Some of the requirements to be able to go on pointe is to be at the age of ten and a half or older, have at least two years of ballet training, and consistent in attending ballet classes for at least four and half hours a week. This is the stage when dancers use a special shoe to be able to stand on their toes. Even though watching a ballerina dance on their toes may look divine, this is very painful for them. Some of the most common injuries caused by going on pointe are blisters, ingrowned and dead toenails, or even broken ankles. Nevertheless, even if the pains that dancers feel while performing on stage are really strong, they have to keep on going and to make it appear as if their toes are not bleeding. Dancers get injured every day,
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This can be better seen in the form of Contemporary ballet. Contemporary dance is a dance style which is a collection of combined different techniques of other dance styles such as ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Its difference with ballet is that this style is not that structured when compared to ballet. There are no specific steps, rather you just create movement with your body. Unlike ballet, contemporary dance can be danced with improvisation. Also, floor works are performed in contemporary ballet. The steps performed in contemporary dance are more athletic because they include more tricks such as gymnastic skills. Although contemporary dance is a mixture of many styles, it is still a part of ballet. With this, it would be right to say that ballet really does have both an artistic and athletic …show more content…
One requirement in order to be part of the Olympics is that an activity should be recognized as a sport, discipline, or an event. Just like what was discussed earlier, in terms of definition, training, and experiences, ballet does qualify to be a sport. For discipline, one way to know whether ballet can be considered as one is to look at its definition. As stated in the Oxford dictionary, discipline is an “[a]ctivity that provides mental or physical training”. Again, ballet is a form of physical activity that involves training. This makes it qualify to be a discipline. An event as stated in an Oxford dictionary is “[e]ach of several particular contests making up a sports competition”. With this definition, ballet can also be considered as an event since it can have different contests such as eliminations, semi-finals, and finals. With this, ballet is able to qualify in all three aspects which makes it still able to be an Olympic sport. Another requirement to be an Olympic sport is that an activity should be practiced by men in at least 82 countries and women in at least forty countries. One way of knowing whether ballet is practiced in at least 82 countries is through looking at the statistics of one kind of ballet syllabus which is the Royal Academy of Dance’s (RAD). The syllabus of the RAD is taught in over 82 countries today, which means that ballet
This can be better seen in the form of Contemporary ballet. Contemporary dance is a dance style which is a collection of combined different techniques of other dance styles such as ballet, jazz, and modern dance. Its difference with ballet is that this style is not that structured when compared to ballet. There are no specific steps, rather you just create movement with your body. Unlike ballet, contemporary dance can be danced with improvisation. Also, floor works are performed in contemporary ballet. The steps performed in contemporary dance are more athletic because they include more tricks such as gymnastic skills. Although contemporary dance is a mixture of many styles, it is still a part of ballet. With this, it would be right to say that ballet really does have both an artistic and athletic …show more content…
One requirement in order to be part of the Olympics is that an activity should be recognized as a sport, discipline, or an event. Just like what was discussed earlier, in terms of definition, training, and experiences, ballet does qualify to be a sport. For discipline, one way to know whether ballet can be considered as one is to look at its definition. As stated in the Oxford dictionary, discipline is an “[a]ctivity that provides mental or physical training”. Again, ballet is a form of physical activity that involves training. This makes it qualify to be a discipline. An event as stated in an Oxford dictionary is “[e]ach of several particular contests making up a sports competition”. With this definition, ballet can also be considered as an event since it can have different contests such as eliminations, semi-finals, and finals. With this, ballet is able to qualify in all three aspects which makes it still able to be an Olympic sport. Another requirement to be an Olympic sport is that an activity should be practiced by men in at least 82 countries and women in at least forty countries. One way of knowing whether ballet is practiced in at least 82 countries is through looking at the statistics of one kind of ballet syllabus which is the Royal Academy of Dance’s (RAD). The syllabus of the RAD is taught in over 82 countries today, which means that ballet