Ballet five basic foot position:
One foot: the basic stance stand, feet heels together, toes in a zigzag open, and parallel to the shoulder.
Two-position foot: on the basis of one-position foot, both feet open to the sides in a straight line, the distance between the two feet is one foot, and the center of gravity is in the middle of the two feet.
Three-position foot: on the basis of two-position foot, the heel of one foot is close to the center of the other foot, keeping outwardly open, slightly like the ding-tao step of classical dance.
Four-position foot: take one foot as the fixed point, stand in a good one-position foot posture, open both feet front and back, the heel of the front foot and the toe of the back foot are opposite to each other, and the two feet form the parallel shape of the "two words", the distance between the two feet is about the distance between the palms of one foot and the other.
Five-position foot: On the basis of the four-position foot, with the back foot as the fixed point, the front foot closes in on the back foot and tightens up, and the center of gravity is in the middle of both legs.
The seven basic hand positions of ballet:
One hand: the hand is naturally drooping, slightly rounded at the elbow and wrist. Arms and hands in an oval shape, placed in front of the body, the middle fingers of the hands opposite each other, and leave a fist's distance. The hands form a natural circle in front of the belly on the front side;
Two-position hand: the hands remain in an oval shape and are raised to the height of the diaphragm. (The middle of the upper body, above the waist and below the chest.) But during the movement, be careful to keep the two supporting points, the elbow and the fingers, stable. The hands are stretched out sideways at the side, in the line of sight, palms inward;
Three-position hand: the hands are raised in the line of sight above the head;
Four-position hand: on the basis of three-position hand the left hand does not move, the right hand cuts back to the second position to form the four-position. It is already in dance position.
Five-position hand: on the basis of the four-position hand the left hand does not move and the right hand keeps its curvature into an oval.
Six-position hand: on the basis of the five-position hand the right hand does not move, the left hand cuts back from the three-position hand to the two-position, forming the six-position, forming the dance posture.
Seven-position hand: Based on the six-position hand the right hand does not move, the left hand opens to the side, and the hands are placed identically on the sides of the body.
Origin:
Ballet originated in Italy and flourished in France, and the word "ballet" is a translation of the French word "ballet", meaning "jump" or "dance".
Ballet" is a French word that means "jump" or "dance".
The word ballet is derived from the ancient Latin word ballo, which initially only meant dancing, or public performance of dance, and did not have the meaning of a theater performance.
Extended informationBallet form:
1, a form of stage dance, that is, European classical dance, commonly known as ballet. This is based on folk dance throughout Europe, after several centuries of continuous processing, enrichment, development and the formation of a strict norms and structural forms of traditional European dance art.
After the 19th century, an important feature of the technique was that the actresses had to wear special pointe shoes to dance with the tips of their toes, so it was also called pointe dance.
2, dance drama initially refers to the European classical dance as the main means of expression, integrated music, pantomime, stage art, literature in one, used to express a story or a plot of dramatic art, called classical ballet (or classical dance drama).
After the emergence of modern dance in the 20th century, modern dance combined with classical dance techniques as the main means of expression to express the content of the story or plot is called modern ballet. Gradually, the term ballet is also used to refer to a variety of other dance as the main means of expression of the dance theater works, although in the dance style, structural characteristics, methods of expression and other aspects are different from the classical ballet or modern ballet.
3, in the modern choreography of dance works, there is no story content, there is no plot, the choreographer uses European classical dance or modern dance, or a combination of the two, used to show some kind of emotion, mood, or performance of the author's understanding of a musical work, etc., which is also referred to as ballet.
The development of ballet:
The history of ballet, the earliest beginnings can be traced back to the heyday of the European Renaissance era of Italian court, and the south of France, the court of Begumdi premises. Whenever a wedding celebration, receive foreign heads of state, or other annual celebrations, that is, the performance of this dance to show that wish or cheer.
The first ballet in the history of ballet growth is more complete ballet - "Queen's Comedy Ballet" was staged in 1581, when Lorena (Lorraine) of Marguerite Mies and Versailles (Versaills) of the Duke of Yao Yusi married instantly, the ballet's music score is still preserved!
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