Ballet...

Ballet…

Ballet is a combination about elegant dance, beautiful music, costume, pantomime, and decoration. This type of dance appear from 400 years in Europe, especially in France… The beginning, ballet take song and conversation element  besides dance… The dancers wear high heels shoes. Then, about 200 years ago, Ballet dancer begin to wear soft shoes, that shoes have flat heel like use now…

5 position

Almost all ballet’s step start and end with one position of  5 body position. 5 body position made by Pierre Beauchamps, choreographer from France. Choreographer is the person who created ballet show / dance with accordance step or movements with music.Not only body have 5 position, hand have 5 positions too...

this is the hand position

this is feet's position

 

 

 

Dance with go on tiptoe

Woman ballet’s dancer is called Ballerina. They wear satin shoes is called ‘toe shoes”. Tip of the shoes made stiff with glue. So ballerina can dance en pointe or stand on tiptoe without hurt their feet…

Ballerina’s costume

When ballerina dance, they wear skirt called  tutu.  Romantic tutu is tutu which length reached knee..  Classical tutu is tutu which length olny reached the top of knee... For their feet, they wear toe shoes. They wear many costume to play their role.   

Toe Shoes

 Romantic tutu

 Classical tutu