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When it comes to dance there are plenty of wonderful reasons that people elect to dance. The fact remains that far too few of us manage to incorporate dance into our lives nearly as much as we should....
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The French monarch, Louis XIV, was the first to wear lavish ballet costumes. In 1653, as a teenager, he achieved his most memorable feat as a dancer who was garbed in a fancy golden Roman- cut corset...
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Are you a ballet dancer? Heard about the American Ballet Theatre? If not yet, then this is now the right time for you to learn what the American Ballet Theatre is all about. Why care? Note that th...
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For those who are interested in dance classes, ballet lessons in particular, there are many options from which to choose. In most areas you will find ballet lessons that are available to students of a...
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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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In the early days of ballet, the dancers were told to wear heavy and fancy ballet dancewear. That time, the ballet skirts were introduced, but the dancers then were observed to be less skilled in per...
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Ballet is a very pretty form of dancing. It is considered as one of the most sophisticated kind, but is not an easy form to consider obviously for the fact that it involves a number of footwork, most...
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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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Even if this dance originated in France, due to the great interest of King Louis XIV, Russia made a remarkable contribution to the development of ballet. A testimony to that are their world- renowned ...
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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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Dressing for ballroom dance is a lot like getting ready for the prom. You have to find the perfect dress (or suit and tux if you're a guy), perfect shoes, and coordinate your hair and makeup for a com...
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Ballroom dancing has been around for decades upon decades producing thousands of dancers, and judges. These are all people dedicated to their craft. Some are big names that everyone knows but most,...
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Ballroom dancing is judged on more than a dozen different points. Some of those are, Posture, Timing, Line, Hold, Poise, Togetherness, Presentation and Power just to name a few. With the number of d...
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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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