Ballet Day

Celebrating Ballet Day - Keeping Ballet Beautiful in America

February 7th of every year in America is a special day to celebrate Ballet. Professional ballerinas make ballet dancing look so elegant, graceful, glamorous and easy. However, if you have ever tried to ballet dance, you quickly discover how hard it really is. To become a professional ballerina your journey begins in childhood with a difficult road ahead. Ballerinas must be devoted and must have the athletic and psychological stamina to stick with their career through adolescence into adulthood. This video on The School of American Ballet in New York City, gives you a snap shot profile of what it takes to become a professional ballerina.

History of ballet

Ballet began in Paris, France in 1661 and traveled to Italy and Russia. It is said that in the 1800's Ballet arrived in America from traveling international artists. The concentrated focus for ballet's arrival was New York City. It wasn't until the 1920s and 1930s that ballet started to be considered a serious art, presented in formal environments.

3 Ballet Styles - There are three styles of ballet dancing: Classical ballet - based on traditional ballet technique and vocabulary, Neoclassical ballet - a style that conforms to classical ballet technique and vocabulary, but deviates from classical ballet through such differences as unusually fast dance tempos and its addition of non-traditional technical feats, and Contemporary ballet - a form of dance that combines elements of both classical ballet and modern dance.

Ways to celebrate Ballet Day - Not everyone aspires to be a professional ballerina but this beautiful art of dancing can be appreciated and celebrated on Ballet Day:

Take a ballet class for fun. You can become a ballerina for a day
Watch Ballet videos and productions online: Nutcracker, Swan Lake and Cinderella to name a few
Read ballet stories: Angelina Ballerina
Go to watch a ballet class or performance
Wear your hair in a classic bun, like a ballerina
Have a ballerina dress up party, play music and dance
join a flexibilty exercise class
Learn more about Ballet by doing research

Discover a choreography of Ballet coloring pages on Hellokids.com for you to decorate your room and help celebrate Ballet Day!

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