Ballet
1. A form of dance characterized by conventional steps, poses, and graceful movements including leaps and spins.
Classes offered
- Pre Ballet -- Ages 6-7
- Intermediate Ballet -- Ages 8-11
- Advanced Ballet -- Ages 12 & up
Ballet at Off the Wall Dance Productions
Ballet is the basis for all styles of dance. At Off the Wall Dance Productions, students are encouraged to study Ballet to gain an overall knowledge of their body as a tool. Students are made aware of the three most popular schools of Ballet; French, Italian (Cecchetti), and Russian (Vaganova) and the differences in the three methods. Comparisons are also made to the method or style of George Balanchine. Students study Ballet terminology as well as the technique of movement.
Wikipedia
Ballet is a formalized type of performance dance, which originated in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century French courts, and which was further developed in England, Italy, and Russia as a concert dance form. The early performances preceded the intervention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with most of the audience seated on tiers or galleries on three sides of the dancing floor. The early ballet dancers were not as highly skilled as they are now. It has since become a highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. It is primarily performed with the accompaniment of classical music. It has been influential as a form of dance globally and is taught in ballet schools around the world, which use their own cultures and societies to inform the art.
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