Ballet Essay

voice and is able to lip read so well that many would forget she is actually deaf. This dancer has opened up many doors for the deaf community and her story is very inspiring. When Nina Falaise was ten years old she decided to audition for the Royal Ballet School in London. She had always been inspired by the Bolshoi and Kirov ballerinas and she strived to be just like them. In the audition, she danced so well that the founder of the school came up to her told her she “would go a long way”…

the time. While these ideas are not believed today the way they were, they are still used in media. Ideas of the four elements are commonly used in media like cartoons and books, as well as movies and even ballets. In 1951 George Blanchine choreographed his ballet The Four Temperaments; a ballet in four variations: Sanguine, Phlegmatic, Melancholic, and Choleric. Although all of these ideas are obscure and relatively unknown they are widely used in tv shows and movies like: W.I.T.C.H., which…

My first dance class was at Accent on Dance in Waukesha. I did Ballet, Tap, and Jazz combo. As a kid, I always was shy. I joined dance at age 7 and quit dance this past year, but I got involved in new sports and activties. I also got a lot of positive outcomes from my dance expirence. Getting involved in different activities helped me open up to the person I am now, but all started from my first day of dance class. When I first started dance, I was very shy and wasn’t the kind of person to try…

There are a lot of Americans who do vote and same that don’t. Voting is important because it’s the reason why the country is still here standing. THere are three reasons why Americans should only be required to vote. Because the country is standing by voting. If people didn’t vote it can fall apart if no one votes and if Americans vote it can keep standing and become a better place. The first reason why Americans should be required to vote is it’s our right and no one can take it away if we…

vital to my dancing and that I needed the most improvement in. Of the many technical aspects of ballet technique, I chose to focus on four – strength, flexibility, performance qualities, and risk. Success in each of these areas is important to being a technically advanced and well-rounded dancer, and I will continue to concentrate on these technical components in the pursuit of further advancing my ballet…

flow through her body like a force of nature--it was as if she became a rippling stream. Sounds absurd, but that's what it looked like to me! Just a side note about youtube and video: I live far from the centers of the ballet world and depend on youtube for much of my ballet watching these days--I have even formed some provisional opinions, likes and dislikes, based on youtube videos. But I find I enjoy watching video least with dancers I saw live, especially if I loved their dancing. I only…

In the early 1920’s, dance was specifically for entertainment; this was predominately seen throughout the ballet genre. The rebelling was first seen through Isadora Duncan who similarly rejected ballet and the structure, conventions and restrictions within this era. Founded by Ruth St Denis and Ted Shawn, their company ‘Denishawn’ likewise rebelled against ballet and further rejected the ideas that Duncan offered. Graham focused on creating a technique, which includes structure while…

believe that the song enhances my visual representation of a ballet by giving the dance moves a beat to follow. As beautiful as ballerinas dance, it is the music that accompanies their movement that allows for us to react emotionally and put meaning to the dance. I feel that this is because music has such a huge impact on our brains. Music has the ability to release endorphins, lower blood pressure, and ease physical pain, something that ballet would never be able to accomplish on its…

extreme flexibility. Thus, dancers are prime candidates for overuse injuries, especially as age increases. The foot complex is the most frequently injured body part in dance, as seen through studies claiming its comprising of 27%-49% of all injuries in ballet, modern, flamenco, and tap dancers, with experience being a factor (ANKLE AND FOOT INJURIES IN DANCERS). Ankle joint compression forces have been calculated to endure five times one’s body weight while walking and nine…

People find entertainment from hobbies, social events, sports, or anything that sparks an interest in our minds. As a child, we form to what we enjoy. Young boys watched baseball with their dads because they just started T-ball. Young girls, like myself, watched professional dancers because they just started their first combo class. With young minds, come young thoughts that can be falsely advertised through any media source. Dance especially, harmful risks are hidden behind the beautiful…