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Think [[Pimped-Out Dress|tutus]], pretty girls, and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]. |
Think [[Pimped-Out Dress|tutus]], pretty girls, and [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]. |
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The art of '''ballet''' is formalized performance dance that has evolved into a new concert dance. It all started during the Italian Renaissance as a dancing pantomime for fencing, much different from today's perception of the art. It developed through French courts' social dances. France's early influence is made apparent through the "vocabulary of ballet", the steps and forms with their own names. During the 18th century, its technicalities developed so that it became a dramatic art on par with [[Opera]]. |
The art of '''ballet''' is formalized performance dance that has evolved into a new concert dance. It all started during the Italian Renaissance as a dancing pantomime for fencing, much different from today's perception of the art. It developed through French courts' social dances. France's early influence is made apparent through the "vocabulary of ballet", the steps and forms with their own names. During the 18th century, its technicalities developed so that it became a dramatic art on par with [[Opera]]. |
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* The San Francisco Ballet (USA) |
* The San Francisco Ballet (USA) |
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Ballet technique would require far too much elaboration for this page. Ballet dancers typically start at 8 years old and continue training into their late teens. When not taught properly, ballet can result in the most crippling of injuries, which is one of the reasons why lessons are considered fairly expensive. Among the [[Hollywood Pudgy|pressure]] to sculpt a 'Balanchine body', the promise of a short career, and [[Training |
Ballet technique would require far too much elaboration for this page. Ballet dancers typically start at 8 years old and continue training into their late teens. When not taught properly, ballet can result in the most crippling of injuries, which is one of the reasons why lessons are considered fairly expensive. Among the [[Hollywood Pudgy|pressure]] to sculpt a 'Balanchine body', the promise of a short career, and [[Training from Hell|intense training]], being a ballerina is not some princesslike girly sport. |
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Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Alicia Alonso, Briely Movric, Paloma Herrera, Svetlana Zakharova, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nuriev, Angel Corella, and Mikhail Baryshnikov are some of the most famous dancers in the world. |
Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, Alicia Alonso, Briely Movric, Paloma Herrera, Svetlana Zakharova, Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nuriev, Angel Corella, and Mikhail Baryshnikov are some of the most famous dancers in the world. |
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{{examples|Works with major involvement of ballet}} |
{{examples|Works with major involvement of ballet}} |
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* ''[[Ballet Shoes]]'': A book about three adopted girls living in 1930's England. Together they are being trained in dance, with varying degrees of success. |
* ''[[Ballet Shoes]]'': A book about three adopted girls living in 1930's England. Together they are being trained in dance, with varying degrees of success. |
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* ''[[Billy Elliot]]'': A young boy rebels against the prejudices of his working class friends and family to pursue his love of ballet. Set during the mining strikes of Thatcher's Britain. |
* ''[[Billy Elliot]]'': A young boy rebels against the prejudices of his working class friends and family to pursue his love of ballet. Set during the mining strikes of Thatcher's Britain. |
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* ''[[Black Swan]]'': The intense stress of life in a ballet corps drives one dancer to paranoia and madness. |
* ''[[Black Swan]]'': The intense stress of life in a ballet corps drives one dancer to paranoia and madness. |
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