Children's Ballet: Little Knowledge of Ballet

This article about children's ballet: ballet knowledge is not specially compiled for everyone, I hope it will help everyone!

1. Why did you choose to practice ballet?

Perhaps it is to complete a ballet dream of our own childhood; Perhaps it is to let children exercise and keep the elasticity of muscles and ligaments; Perhaps it is to cultivate children's artistic temperament; Perhaps it is to let children have a skill; Perhaps it is to keep children in a better mental state and appearance; Perhaps it is to let children have more outstanding elegance, more straight and beautiful posture. ...

All the blessings are beautiful, all for our favorite children!

Let the babies be the most beautiful! ! Most confident! ! Become a confident and elegant cygnet praised by everyone! !

Everything, only in the process of practicing ballet, can we gradually see the changes of children. ......

In fact, the natural conditions of the body are not a problem for us! The most important thing is whether you really like ballet and whether you are willing to make it an indispensable part of your life. ......

Parents are not professionals, and children may not be engaged in professional ballet in the future, but in the process of practicing ballet, children get more than artistic edification! Learn how to understand beautiful things! More is learned: perseverance! Hold on! Can bear hardships! Be patient! Exercise, exercise your will! Learn to help others! Learn to share happiness and pain! Can fully show yourself! And confident! Beautiful!

Isn't that what our parents want to see most? It is our parents' task to let children truly appreciate the charm of ballet and lead them into the art palace of ballet.

2. How old can children start to learn ballet? Does practicing ballet affect the development of bones and bodies?

When babies open their eyes and see the world for the first time, they establish the pursuit of beauty. They love all beautiful things. Many mothers start music prenatal education before their babies are born. This is also the beginning of laying a good foundation ... after the baby is born, he will dance when he hears melodious music, which is the original expression of dance.

Therefore, after the baby can understand most of the instructions and have certain imitation ability, he can begin to educate the baby in dance enlightenment. Moreover, in the teaching materials of "Royal Dance Academy", three-year-old and four-year-old baby's dance enlightenment teaching materials were also compiled.

In my years of teaching experience, according to children's different age stages, understanding ability and behavior ability, I will combine some of these teaching materials to gradually cultivate children's feelings, interests and understanding of dance. ......

Many parents worry that leg press, stretching ligaments and other flexible opening exercises will affect children's bone and physical development. There are also some wrong theories: this will affect the growth of children. These worries are unnecessary. Because in all the training programs of ballet, the stretching and stretching of the body and limbs are emphasized, such long-term practice can form very beautiful and slender muscle lines, which not only helps the growth and development of children's bodies and bones, but also makes children stand straight and have extraordinary temperament. This is why we all think that "children who learn dance can tell at a glance". Moreover, please pay attention to parents: the practice of combining rigidity with flexibility must start from an early age to lay a good foundation for learning ballet.

Third, practice ballet costumes.

For ballet lovers, when practicing ballet, you can choose a set of tight cotton sportswear (suspenders, short sleeves and long sleeves can be selected according to different seasons; Different styles of training clothes such as middle back and big back), when the weather turns dry, you can wear a knotted dress outside and a knotted sweater in winter. The lower body is equipped with a gauze skirt of the same color as the training suit; Pink velvet pantyhose (divided into adult and children's sizes, the average size of adults can fit most people's sizes, and a little fatter is no problem). In winter, you can put wool trouser legs outside (the length depends on your personal preference) to keep warm without affecting your movements. Finally, choose a pair of soft shoes with pink soles according to your own shoe size (if you choose black velvet pantyhose, you can match them with black soft shoes). All right! Are you ready? Let's hurry to class! That beautiful swan is you! !

I am hard and have no soft opening. Can I practice ballet?

This problem is of concern to many beginners. Actually, don't worry, because we are not professional dancers, and the hardness varies from person to person. Even when you are a professional or a novice, the soft drive will be very poor. In order to achieve a better goal, we need to work hard the day after tomorrow. Therefore, for us amateurs, the soft and hard conditions of the body and the soft opening will not be the difficulties that hinder us from practicing ballet.

Our purpose may be to fulfill our childhood dreams; Perhaps it is to exercise, keep muscles and ligaments elastic and slow down aging; Perhaps it is to keep yourself in a better mental state and appearance; Maybe it's to make ourselves more elegant, more upright and beautiful ... we are the most beautiful! ! We are the most confident! ! We are all beautiful and noble swans! !

So the soft and hard conditions of the body are not a problem for us! The most important thing is whether you really like ballet and whether you are willing to make it an indispensable part of your life. ......

5. What's the difference between practicing ballet and other dances?

Because the training method of ballet science comes from the analysis of human body structure. In the training process, it is required to achieve the characteristics of opening, stretching, straightness, standing, beauty and stability, which requires us to have good body control ability and coordination of all limbs.

The control of all movements requires high muscle strength. Long-term practice will make muscles slim, strong and elastic. Because all movements require long lines, after a long period of practice, you will find that your muscles become slender and beautiful. In the process of doing movements, the human body is required to maintain a good state of ascension, and long-term practice will make the body straight and upward. Stretching and flattening of shoulders and back; Abdominal muscle contraction; Tightening and lifting of hips; Clamping the buttocks; The promotion of calf muscles is accomplished through ballet training.

In the practice of other dances, some movements need to use the heel as the landing place, which will thicken the calf over time. Different hip movements can also make the hips or hips bigger. ...

After practicing ballet persistently, you will find yourself changing from the outside to the inside. ...

6. I am practicing other dances. Can I dance ballet again?

Ballet training is the basis of dance training in all dance and sports. The basic training of other dances also draws lessons from the basic training projects of ballet. But in the training of other dances, different dance characteristics are integrated. So when you turn to ballet, you will feel a little awkward at first, because ballet gestures are different from other dances. After practicing for a period of time, it will gradually change. But in the process of practicing, I must always remind myself that I am practicing ballet now, and I am a noble princess ~ ~ ~! !

Is there a difference between learning China dance or classical dance and ballet?

The answer is yes, of course there is a difference.

Ballet and China dance also require softness and openness, but ballet requires higher openness than China dance. For professional dance colleges, to be honest, ballet majors should be selected first, and those who are eliminated will be transferred to other dances. Ballet requires more body proportions than other dances. Of course, this is a professional requirement.

However, for our parents now, learning dance or piano is to give children a better artistic accomplishment, especially girls, and elegant temperament is essential. Therefore, practicing ballet can make children stand upright, stretch their shoulders and have long lines. China dance and classical dance not only learn from the basic training of ballet, but also add some representative movements of their major to change some ballet movements.

For example: the practice of hooking feet. Ballet requires toes to stretch down, not just hook them down. Because it is elongated, it can lay a good foundation for wearing tiptoe shoes in the future. If you hook off your toes, you will easily hurt your toes when you stand on tiptoe in the future.

Therefore, in the basic training of ballet, all movements are necessary: shoulders are flat, back is stretched, waist is upright, abdomen is closed, abdomen is closed; Control the limbs of the body and stretch in a long direction, so that the muscle lines will be compact, slender and beautiful.

However, some movements in China dance or classical dance need to use heels or fall to the ground; Dig *, in this case, after a long time, the calf will become thicker and bigger; Muscle lines are not as good-looking as ballet training ... and so on ~ ~

8. When can I wear beautiful pointed shoes?

Tiptoe dancing is the most beautiful moment of ballet! ! This requires students to practice basic skills for a certain period of time. When the ankle has a certain strength, under the guidance of the teacher, they can do some simple tiptoe exercises. At first, you should slowly find the feeling and strength of pushing up and pushing out with your ankles, instead of really standing up on your toes. Even a professional actor can't stand supporting his whole body on his toes like that. Not to mention our fragile toes. Doing more half-tiptoe exercises can help us strengthen our ankles and lay a good foundation for our foothold.

In order to reach the goal of tiptoe, you need a lot of basic training. This also requires our teacher to repeatedly emphasize the strength training of ankles and wrists in teaching.

For example, the practice of hooking feet is a project. In class, teachers should carefully observe each student's foot movements. Remind students to stretch their feet repeatedly. Each toe should be stretched forward for a long time, so that the feet that pop out will look slender and sharp, laying a good foundation for wearing pointed shoes.

Because when you wear pointed shoes, your toes will not bend inward. If your toes bend down, stretch them down. I can't wear pointed shoes in the future. Stand on tiptoe, toes can't catch pointed shoes, and it's secondary to stand up. Mainly toes are bound to get hurt.

From this perspective, this kind of basic skills training should be strictly required and cultivated from an early age. This is called childlike innocence. If children develop some bad habits of nondescript basic movements, it will not only take time to change, but also affect their future movements, techniques and skills, or cause injuries ... In addition, for example, the "opening" required by ballet is also trained from an early age. When children are young, bones, joints, muscles and ligaments are all soft, so it will be easier to practice. Wait until the children are older, and then practice soft opening. The harder the children are, the more they will suffer. ...

Parents should also repeatedly remind their children of the essentials and key points of basic skills, which is also very important to help children find their feelings as soon as possible.