What is so Exciting About Ballet?
What is Ballet?
Ballet is a form of very graceful dancing which is performed to depict a story or a form of mood expression or to reflect a piece of music. Ballet dancers elegantly and naturally performs many unnatural movements like floating in air, spinning on toes etc.
Pre-Requisites of a Ballet Training
• Ballet require high level of flexibility, body control and intensive training. For a proficient ballet dancer, its normal to stretch their leg above their head.
• Ballet also requires certain mental skills like understanding rhythm and music.
- Since Ballet is a labor-intensive dance form so to become a professional a minimum practice of 6 days in a week is compulsory
Best Ballet Classes in India
• The Imperial Fernando Ballet Company (IFBC)
1) Founded by the international pioneer choreographer Fernando Aguilar and business man Rafi Khan in 1990 with a purpose of developing and training dancers.
2) The company provides a strong academic program inculcating Music, Dance and Drama and had gained huge reputation for its excellent performance in Arts and its curriculum
3) The curriculum of IFBC includes the following;
a) Vaganova Russian Classical Ballet
b) Jazz
c) Modern Dance- Contemporary
d) Argentine Tango
e) Flamenco
f) Latin Dance
4) IFBC aims at providing the finest dance training to anyone passionate about dance and helping them to strengthen their body and inculcate accomplishment and discipline in them.
• National Ballet &Academy Trust of India(NBATI)
1) National Ballet & Academy Trust of India, is the most popular and First Classical Western Ballet School in Delhi established in 2002.
2) This enthusiastic young ballet company with its dedicated and expert trainer, delivers international level curriculum to diverse age groups, at different locations across Delhi and NCR.
3) NBATI combines the strength of Russian dance with the fluid movement, rhythm and passion of Latin American dance and provides the finest of ballet training.
• Central Contemporary Ballet
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1) The internationally acclaimed Central Contemporary Ballet founded by Mr. Sanjay Khatri in 2010 is the only dance company which offers competitive training of international standards in Western Ballet and Contemporary dance forms to varied age groups
2) This institute aims to create international level dancers therefore they extensively train their students to create technically comprehensive bodies by enabling them to build and grow their abilities, strengths and nurture their souls.
3) Contemporary Ballet provides the following programs:
a) Professional dance programs
b) Apprenticeships
c) Regular Adult dance classes
d) Intensive training programs
e) Kids dance classes
• The Danceworx
1) In 1998 the popular Indian-Australian choreographer Ashley Lobo founded The Danceworx Academy to teach dancing in India.
2) The Danceworx comprised of two sections
a) The Danceworx Academy
b) The Danceworx Student Repertory Company.
3) The Danceworx Academy trains passionate dance enthusiasts whereas The Danceworx Student Repertory Company embraces senior hand-picked students by Ashley Lobo, who are given opportunities to perform, teach and choreograph underhis direction.
4) The Danceworx Academy currently provides the following curriculum:
a) Jazz
b) Classical Ballet
c) Contemporary Dance
d) Urban/Funk
5) The Danceworx focuses on the following:
a) Discovering area of interests
b) Create better understanding of self, creativity, movement and physiology
c) Generate higher awareness and understanding of international dance
d) Instill skills of self-belief, discipline and goal setting.
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