Arts & Humanities: Dancing: “Question: What are some things I can start doing now in order to become a better dancer?” plus 5 more |
- Question: What are some things I can start doing now in order to become a better dancer?
- Question: Looking for a really good dance studio for my 8 year old in Atlanta.?
- Question: What is it like to be a ballerina?
- Question: PNB question?
- Question: Ballet feet question?
- Question: Pointe question?
| Question: What are some things I can start doing now in order to become a better dancer? Posted: 16 Nov 2015 10:59 AM PST So I've been a dancer for a long time now, but I've been taking breaks here and there, so I feel as though my technique is wearing off. I have a dance recital on December 5th and I want to do the best that I can. So I want to improve on: 1. My technique. You ever think that you're doing really well and going all in, and then you look at yourself in a video and it looks like you're half-*ssing everything and not really putting your all at all? Yea I tend to do that a lot. Thanks in advance!  |
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| Question: What is it like to be a ballerina? Posted: 16 Nov 2015 05:40 AM PST First off the title of "ballerina" is given to the top female dancer in a professional ballet company. Most professional ballet dancers never earn that title. Dancers ontrack for a ballet career must be born in the 2% of the population that has the right body, facility and musicality for a ballet career. No amount of training no matter how young or how good it is can change those things. You have to be born like that. It is way more than just being thin and the right height as it is a very specific bone and muscle structure. These dancers train in world class schools that are almost exclusively affiliate feeder schools to professional ballet companies. They are screened for being in that 2% or they won't train them. They are also screened for age and level of training expected at that age. They will take totally untrained dancers who are in that 2% up to age 10 with rare exceptions for slightly older but never older than 13 for a female and that is unbelievably rare at that age. Dance students dorm at their school if they don't live close and are either home schooled or take their academics as arranged by their ballet schools. They do this so they can train 20-30 hours a week year round and graduate high school early to dance in the ballet. Training us supposed to be complete by age 16 when a dancer if lucky is chosen to apprentice with a professional ballet company and then made corps de ballet about 6 months later. Not all dancers in that 2% who get world class training starting at a young age reach the professional ranks. There are so few jobs in ballet. It would take a short novella here for me to tell you what goes on daily and this is your story not mine. My best advice is to write about something you really know about or else you will slip up and people who know will spot all your errors. Plus when you write about what you know you have that intangible experience that will ring through as true. If it isn't first hand experience it is going to lack that feel of authenticity. |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:21 PM PST You pay for your own pointe shoes. It is only when one Is asked to apprentice with a professional ballet company that you get your shoes paid for. I assume you mean the full time program not the summer program. To be honest if you have no clue what you do at an audition it doesn't bode well for you to get in. I suggest you tryout for the summer program which is far easier to get into than the full time program. If they like you enough they will invite you to train full time in the fall after the summer intensive is over. First get into that then worry about academics and how much class you need to take. Check the school website for audition times and places for summer 2016. Most SI auditions start in January 2016 ending at the beginning of March 2016. |
| Question: Ballet feet question? Posted: 15 Nov 2015 07:06 PM PST Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel Report AbuseAdditional DetailsIf you believe your intellectual property has been infringed and would like to file a complaint, please see our Copyright/IP Policy Report Abuse Cancel |
| Posted: 15 Nov 2015 06:38 PM PST A number of other dancers? Name just two. Misty Copeland is one in a million, born with all the gifts plus the fire in the belly, and was fortunate enough to be taken into specialized training, against the wishes of her patents. Are you as good? The fuss is that for 99.9% of dance students it is impossible (and dangerous) to try pointe work without all the prerequisites which take (on average) at least of three years of three 90-minute ballet classes per week. When we tell you that it is not because we want you to give up hope of dancing on pointe, but because we want you to do it safely and be successful. |
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