Mariinsky Ballet

For dancers, it is required to wear a specific color of tights or panyhose, a black leotard or a tight fitted tank top with black spandex shorts. It is also necessary to wear the correct shoes to the correct class, like pointe shoes or ballet slippers for ballet and jazz shoes for jazz. To complete the look for dancers who are women, they are to always have their hair in a bun. When it is time to perform there is even a certain way that a dancer must have their makeup done. For orchestra members…

Through the opportunities and challenges that the art of dance has presented over the years, I have discovered a multitude of things about myself. For starters, I have learned that I am quickly adaptable to new situations, which is mandatory for some of the incidences that have occurred on and off the stage. I have also learned that I am highly responsible for my age, demonstrated by the various positions I have been given over the years. The opportunities I have received and challenges I have…

against my skin. I hope it never goes away. For the past fifteen years of my life, I danced in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, and lyrical. This prospect challenged the norms of both the traditional Indian woman and the classic ballerina. Being Indian and dancing in classical ballet rather than in classical Indian dance is simply not done, for it insinuates disrespect for traditional values. As for the classical ballet aspect, the art has favored those who fit the ideal body- arched feet,…

Ballet has a rich history of origin that begins in France with King Henry II, in the 16th century. The kings wife, Catherine de Medici of Italy brought dance to the French courts. The first ever ballet performed was the Ballet Comique de la Reine. Ballet came about because of the rencaissaance. This time period was huge for arts, including ballet. in 17th and 18th century,but became prominent with its first school of dance being established by Louis XIV on June 28, 1669 ( Met). The idea of…

Anna Pavlova was born on February 12, 1881, in St. Petersburg, Russia. She joined the Imperial Ballet School, were she made her company debut in 1899 and rapidly became a prima ballerina. Her way forward was performing in The Dying Swan in 1905, which became her mark role. She then joined the Ballet Russe in 1909 and formed her own company in 1911. Pavlova died in 1931, after contracting double pneumonia while on tour. Because Anna graduated as a coryphée, she was able to bypass the typical…

The Nutcracker and The Rite of Spring are some of the most influential ballets ever produced. In this paper, I will be describing the composers, what influenced the writers, what the ballets are about, and I will contrast the two works of art. Since these greats works of art are so influential, it is important to talk about them their importance when they were created and what impact they still have today. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky or better known as Peter Ilyich Tchaikovosky, was the man who…

She no longer had to wear the normal pink ballet shoes with the pretty pink bow at the toe, the girl had upgraded to something much more rewarding. All of the girl’s hard work and long years of ballet finally paid off when her teacher told her to go out and buy this Bloch light pink satin pointe shoes. They signified that she was not only moving up in dance but growing…

turns, the shoes themselves had tiny heels. As ballet evolved, many different new looks stayed around and others forgotten. For example, the classy white, round skirts that reached only at the calf for women. Dance variations in ballet also came and went, famous one was dancing on toe (pointe) that was meant only for women as well. Ballet gained popularities mostly because the Ballet Russes, they toured Europe and America, exposing the different ballet variations and finally, one of them (George…

One of the greatest and most infamous success scandals of the modern art is “The Rite of Spring”. In Paris, on May 29, 1913, a hundred and three years ago, the Ballets Russes debuted “Le Sacre du Printemps” which its traduction to English is “The Rite of Spring”. With the opening notes of the musician and composer Igor Stravinsky, the main dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky, with Marie Rambert helping him to assist the choreographies, and Nicholas Roerich the costume designer a…

The Rehearsal of the Ballet Onstage was created by Edgar Degas, around 1874. Degas used oil paints mixed with turpentine, along with watercolor and pastel over pen-and-ink drawing. It is displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Degas was a French artist who was most famous for painting and sculpting ballet dancers. He spent much of his time at the opera house, observing the dancers performing and practicing there. Degas did not always portray his dancers as the delicate,…