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Born as a frail child, experiencing one illness to another, yet surprisingly showed enormous strength and drove herself at an incredibly intense pace, doing 9- 10 performances a week for more than 20 ...
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In the early days, when dance was a social court pastime, people just wore their own clothes when dancing rather than those specially designed costumes. The men wore very elaborate, stiff brocaded coa...
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The ballet history is such a long tale to tell. Numerous stories have it that the ballet history can be traced back to renaissance Italy when people started to practice the dance in the courts to ent...
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History had it that the impending arrival of the French Revolution brought ballet away from the courtly costumes of the past. This over-all change combined with the increasingly technical demands of d...
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You watched Romeo and Juliet last night but you did not even notice that it was a "pas de deux" performance. Romeo made an "avant" towards Juliet so she immediately jumped "arriere". All in all, both ...
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There are several different theories on the origin of this ballroom dance's name. The most often told story is that the dance was made popular by a young man named Harry Fox who was a vaudeville come...
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The fastest of all the Latin dances would be the Jive. According to some sources the roots of this dance are in New York's Harlem area, others put the origin of the dance with the Negroes of the sout...
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The Paso Doble, originally a Spanish folkdance, has the distinction of being one of the only ballroom dances that is only danced in the ballroom world. You will find people in clubs doing the Waltz, ...
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Staccato steps, and sharp head turns set the Tango apart from the Fox Trot and the Waltz. This dance is extremely sensual and provocative. In general the hold used by the dancers keeps the couple mu...
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The Viennese Waltz which was derived from the Austrian Landler is an elegant fast paced, whirling dance where the partners hold each other as if in a romantic embrace. This raised more than a few eye...
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One of the most important pieces of equipment you need for dancing is a pair of shoes. Choosing a great pair of ballroom and Latin dance shoes requires a bit of skill and a lot of common sense. Here a...
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Latin dance hits are one of the widely proffered dance styles in social gatherings. Hits like Macarena are also have been popularized by Latinos, but to put it simply, there are also styles for the mo...
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Dancing en pointe is not an easy thing to do in ballet. It is by far the most challenging and essential part of the dance that every student should learn as keeping the feet in shape for dance is not...
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Beauchamps is credited for standardizing the initial five foot ballet positions which are highly considered as fundamental in the dance. It can also denote the various poses of the body which was firs...
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First envisioned in 1841, Giselle ballet has become the byword of the 1841 romantic style. It is particularly identified by its unique human themes that depict a concrete picture of spirituality, hop...
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