Saturday
Hang of It Statute
This Ballet
Statute is mostly for beginning ballet dancers. When these students first come
into a ballet studio, the barres provide a source of fascination. Especially
for young dancers, the temptation to treat the barres as a piece of gymnastics
equipment is overwhelming.
One of the
first rules these new dancers learn is Ballet
Statute #89: There is no hanging on
the barre in ballet class. Ballet barres are not designed to support the
full weight of human being, nor are they designed for gymnastic tricks. They are
there more as a balancing aid.
That being
said, there are exercises where dancers might pull against the barre or something
similar, but generally there should be no hanging on the barre.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Ballet Statute #89:
“There is no hanging on the barre in ballet
class.”
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― Leonardo da Vinci
― Leonardo da Vinci
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