Ballet Contra Dance

Hey Dancers,

Tell me about your ballet contra dance experience.

Louis

Ballet teachers

Hey Dancers,

As you can see, ballet is taught in very different ways. Each teacher will offer instruction in the ways that they were taught and they will teach the movements that they like. Catherine and David are very different teachers and dancers. Catherine has years of experience, while David is beginning his career. What did you learn this week from these very different teachers?

Louis

Online Ballet Dictionary

Mikhail Barysnikov in Don Quixote.

There is an online ballet dictionary. Check out this link to see_some_professional_ballet dancers_demonstrate_the ballet vocabulary. Watch the quicktime videos and check out the definitions of glissade, ronde de jambe, pique, and balance. Tell me what you'd like to incorporate into your movement from watching these dancers.

Chamber Dance Concert

Hi Dancers,

This is a reminder that you are required to attend the Chamber Dance Concert this weekend. See syllabus for ticket information. What I would like you to think about as you watch the performance concerns ballet technique. Everyone in the performance has a ballet background as well as a foundation in modern techniques. How can you can see ballet technique in a modern dancers performance? How does it make you feel when you see technique in a dancer? What thoughts or impressions come to mind? How could you tell if someone is trained in ballet when they aren't performing ballet? You will respond to this performance in a comment below this posting. This posting is due by Wednesday, October 14. It needs to be only a paragraph or two in length.

Friday's Class

Now that you've a day to think about it...what were your impressions of our class on Friday. We talked about the transverse abdominal muscles, how to stretch, alignment vis a vis the three spinning orbs and tendu a la second. That's alot of information in one class! Again, what was most useful to you? What do you think you will be able to integrate most easily in class?

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