Throwback Thursday:
Why is Ballet Like It Is?
Why is ballet training done the way it is? Why is there so much repetition on the same
steps? I wanted to know the answer myself
when I was a student.
Basically the answer is this: because it works! The classical ballet system has been in place
since Louis XIV established the Academie Royale de Musique which became Academie Royale de Danse. This was in the 1660s, and it
ultimately became The Paris Opera Ballet. Over the centuries the system of balletic
training has been tweaked, (and is still being tweaked), into the tremendously
effective training method we have today.
Prior to King Louis XIV, ballet was done in the courts of
royalty, and although that beginning provided the roots of what we know today,
it bore only little resemblance to what we now think of as ballet.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
“Ballet training evolved over centuries to become what it is today.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Study the past if
you would define the future.”
- Confucius
- Confucius
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