HOW ARE BALLET DANCERS TRAINED?
Girls who study ballet generally begin by age eight to ten.
Boys often start later. Ballet training is hard work. Ballet students must
develop strength, balance, and flexibility as well as grace. They must learn a
set of movements and gestures. Girls also learn to dance on their toes. They
usually begin pointed (tip-of-the-toes) work after three years of training.
All ballet students practice five basic positions of the
feet. These five positions form the basis of almost all ballet steps. All of
these positions are performed with the legs turned outward at the hip. The feet
should be able to form a straight line on the floor.
The turned-out position gives a dancer a more pleasing
"line". Line has to do with the placement of the dancer's body, in
motion and at rest. All parts of the dancer's body must be placed in the
correct position to achieve good line. Training can improve a dancer's line.
Good line gives a dancer the greatest stability and ease of movement. It also
makes the dancer's body seem light in weight.
All dancers take daily classes to keep their bodies flexible
and strong. Most classes begin with warm-up exercises at the barre, a railing
that dancers hold onto for support. The second part of the class consists of
slow exercises that develop balance and fluid (flowing, not jerky) motion.
After this, dancers practice quick movements, such as small jumps and leg
extensions, and then large steps, turns, and leaps.
Question 1: Girls who study ballet generally begin later
than boys. True / False
Question 2: Ballet students don't have to build up might,
steadiness, flexibility and elegance.
Question 3: Only ballet girls practice five basic positions
of the feet.
Question 4: Ballet students perform all of these positions
with the legs turned external at the hip.
Question 5: The turned-out pose gives a performer a more
satisfying "line".
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