tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-539272685467204312024-03-13T13:19:15.623-07:00Go to the barreThe Ballet Barre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09294852634953035885noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53927268546720431.post-35076411393361995202020-01-29T05:37:00.000-08:002020-03-10T02:05:03.074-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With increasing numbers of private homes wanting a home studio, our Home Barre Kits which can be purchased via our online Barre Store are a must.<br />
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We offer a wide range of Barre finishes to suit all décor within your home and of course we offer several finishes with the Brackets from standard black or silver through to polished chrome, so you can add a little bit of glamour into your home.<br />
Just visit our Barre Store or of course if you wish to speak to someone to discuss your requirements just give us a call.<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They can have one or two barres in wood or alu finish.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We look forward to welcoming in the new year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We ended 2018 with a bang! Busy Busy Busy!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">All our clients last year have been fantastic and we have loved helping everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">We have helped clients from Ted Baker with ballet barres and brackets,</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;">It's been a delight to send our <span style="color: purple;">Endura brackets and Barres </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Make sure you have suitable cushioned floor to help your joints when jumping and spinning.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The flooring should be suitable for all the types of dancing you wish to do, not only to have enough cushion support, it should also be suitable for pointe work and tap dancing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Is the Barre your holding too big for your hands to hold? And is it circular? Having a Barre too big/small or with a flat back, may cause strain on your hands and arms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Poor mirror reflection may make you over bend trying to see what your doing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Well
what a fantastic year 2017 was for The Ballet Barre Company. We started with a
high at MoveIt / MoveFit. It was brilliant meeting so many people from the
dancing world, young and old! And everyone loved our products on show (which
was only a small selection from our range!). We hope to return there again
soon, watch our postings for advent dates.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">We
then had a busy summer of installation of studios from Barrecore to Virgin
Active to name just a few! Not forgetting our private home installation and of
course our countless number of overseas clients who love and use our products.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">We
then ended on a high launching our new easier to use website and we have lots
of new items in production, watch this space for some fabulous products which
will look great in any studio big or small. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Last
of all we would like to say a Massive Thank You to call our customers of the past
and look forward to helping new customers in the future.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">Hope
you have had a great 2017 and that 2018 will be even better and filled with
even more dancing!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic","sans-serif";">From
all at The Ballet Barre Company<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong>Dance is hard.</strong> No dancer ever became successful riding on their natural born talents only. Dancers are artists and athletes. The world of dance today is akin to an extreme sport. Natural ability and talent will only get us so far. Dancers must work hard and persevere. Dancers give years of their lives plus their sweat, tears and sometimes blood to have the honor and pleasure of performing on stage.<br />
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<strong>You won’t always get what you want.</strong>We don’t always get the role we wanted, go on pointe when we want, get the job we want, hear the compliments we want, make the money we want, see companies run the way we want, etc, etc. This teaches us humility and respect for the process, the art form and the masters we have chosen to teach us. The faster we accept this, the faster we can get on with being brilliant. We’ll never be 100% sure it will work, but we can always be 100% sure doing nothing won’t work.</div>
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<strong>There’s a lot you don’t know.</strong>There is always more a dancer can learn. Even our least favorite teachers, choreographers and directors can teach us something. The minute we think we know it all, we stop being a valuable asset.</div>
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<strong>There may not be a tomorrow. </strong>A dancer never knows when their dance career will suddenly vanish: a company folds, career ending injury, car accident, death…Dance every day as if it is the final performance. Don’t save the joy of dance for the stage. Infuse even your routine classroom exercises with passion!</div>
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<strong>There’s a lot you can’t control. </strong>You can’t control who hires you, who fires you, who likes your work, who doesn’t, the politics of being in a company. Don’t waste your talent and energy worrying about things you can’t control. Focus on honing your craft, being the best dancer you can be. Keep an open mind and a positive attitude.</div>
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<strong>Information is not true knowledge. </strong>Knowledge comes from experience. You can discuss a task a hundred times, go to 1000 classes, but unless we get out there and perform we will only have a philosophical understanding of dance. Find opportunities to get on stage. You must experience performance first hand to call yourself a professional dancer.</div>
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<strong>If you want to be successful, prove you are valuable. </strong>The fastest way out of a job is to prove to your employer they don’t need you. Instead, be indispensable. Show up early, know your material, be prepared, keep your opinions to yourself unless they are solicited and above all be willing to work hard.</div>
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<strong>Someone else will always have more than you/be better than you. </strong>Whether it’s jobs or money or roles or trophies, it does not matter. Rather than get caught up in the drama about what others are doing around you, focus on the things you are good at, the things you need to work on and the things that make you happiest as a dancer.<br />
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<strong>You can’t change the past</strong>. Everyone has a past. Everyone has made mistakes, and everyone has glorious moments they want to savor. “Would you keep a chive in your tooth just because you enjoyed last night’s potato?” <i>Boston Common TV Series</i>. Dance is an art form that forces us to concentrate on the present. To be a master at dance we have be in the moment; the minute the mind wanders, injuries happen. If they do, see #12.<br />
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<strong>The only person who can make you happy is you. </strong>Dancing in and of itself cannot make us happy. The root of our happiness comes from our relationship with ourselves, not from how much money we make, what part we were given, what company we dance for, or how many competitions we won. Sure these things can have effects on our mood, but in the long run it’s who we are on the inside that makes us happy.<br />
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<strong>There will always be people who don’t like you</strong>. Dancers are on public display when they perform and especially in this internet world, critics abound. You can’t be everything to everyone. No matter what you do, there will always be someone who thinks differently. So concentrate on doing what you know in your heart is right. What others think and say about you isn’t all that important. What is important is how you feel about yourself.<br />
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<strong>Sometimes you will fail. </strong>Sometimes, despite our best efforts, following the best advice, being in the right place at the right time, we still fail. Failure is a part of life. Failure can be the catalyst to some of our greatest growth and learning experiences. If we never failed, we would never value our successes. Be willing to fail. When it happens to you (because it will happen to you), embrace the lesson that comes with the failure.<br />
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<strong>Sometimes you will have to work for free</strong>. Every professional dancer has at one time or another had to work without pay. If you are asked to work for free, be sure that you are really ok with it. There are many good reasons to work for free, and there are just as many reasons not to work for free. Ask yourself if the cause is worthy, if the experience is worth it, if it will bring you joy. Go into the situation fully aware of the financial agreement and don’t expect a hand out later.<br />
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<strong>Repetition is good. Doing the same thing over and over expecting a different result is insane. </strong>If you keep doing what you’re doing, you’ll keep getting what you’re getting. If you keep doing the bare minimum of required classes, don’t complain to your teacher when you don’t move up to the next level. If you only give the bare minimum in your company, be happy staying in the corps. If you want to grow beyond your comfort zone, you must push yourself beyond your self-imposed limitations.<br />
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<strong>You will never feel 100% ready. </strong>Nobody ever feels 100% ready when an opportunity arises. Dancers have to be willing to take risks. From letting go of the ballet barre to balance, to moving around the world to dance with a new company, from trusting a new partner to trying a new form of dance, dancers must have a flexible mind and attitude as well as body. The greatest opportunities in life force us to grow beyond our comfort zones, which means you won’t feel totally comfortable or ready for it.<br />
Written by Melanie Doskocil on her blog, <a href="http://balletpages.blogspot.com/2011/10/15-truths-about-being-professional.html" target="_blank" title="Ballet Pages">Ballet Pages</a>. The Ballet Barre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09294852634953035885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53927268546720431.post-45664977183407357522017-05-03T06:03:00.000-07:002017-05-03T06:26:14.798-07:00Dancing Chicken Soup!<br />
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It fells like a winters day outside today. <br />
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1. pour 3 cups of water with your elbows<br />
2. slice 2 bunches of carrots with arms<br />
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7. And simmer with your shoulders<br />
And enjoy!The Ballet Barre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09294852634953035885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53927268546720431.post-66395820692509459862017-05-02T05:32:00.000-07:002017-05-02T05:34:57.217-07:00Mayerling review – Royal Ballet's superb staging Judith Mackerell writes in the Guardian:<br />
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The opening cast of this season’s revival handle the material superbly. <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/jun/28/edward-watson-and-wendy-whelan-ballet"><span style="color: #005689;">Edward Watson</span></a> finds true sympathy for Rudolf, a lost and damaged soul seeking solace in sex, drugs and the camaraderie of revolutionary politics. It’s a beautifully physicalised performance: the extreme flexibility of Watson’s line works freakishly well to suggest Rudolf’s unhinged personality and the tremor of his hands and twitchy shakes of his head register his deteriorating mental state.</div>
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<span style="color: #005689;">Zenaida Yanowsky</span> as the Empress Elisabeth reacts with exquisite nuance to Rudolf’s breakdown. As a royal mother, she’s both offended by her son’s behaviour and guilty at her own inadequacies, and Yanowsky is brilliant at making one quelling but troubled gesture speak volumes. The other women in Rudolf’s life are no less convincingly portrayed. <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/oct/19/francesca-hayward-next-great-ballerina"><span style="color: #005689;">Francesca Hayward</span></a>, his innocent bride, dances with fearless abandon to convey the full force of Princess Stephanie’s panicked, furious response to the humiliation of her wedding night. Her confusion and disdain when she is forced to accompany Rudolf to a tavern are equally visceral, averting her gaze from the roistering whores, and nervously rubbing her gloved hands to erase the taint of her surroundings.</div>
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<a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jan/12/sarah-lamb-royal-ballet"><span style="color: #005689;"> Sarah Lamb</span></a>, gives one of the performances of her career as Rudolf’s ex-mistress, Countess Larisch. Her elegant, intelligent dancing is redolent of Larisch’s political and sexual pragmatism, but it also conveys deep, tremulous reserves of emotion as, resigned to her waning power over Rudolf, Larisch hands him on to the younger, fresher body of Mary Vetsera.</div>
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Vetsera is danced by <a class="u-underline" data-link-name="in body link" href="https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2016/may/08/natalia-osipova-and-sergei-polunin-interview"><span style="color: #005689;">Natalia Osipova</span></a>, who characteristically seeks out the darkest extremes of the role. Her Vetsera is as much in thrall to the rank of her new lover as to the discovery of her own sexual power, and she invests her dancing with an almost distorted avidity as she throws herself into Rudolf’s embrace. During their first bedroom duet, Osipova is too much the erotic Maenad, not the teenage girl, but she becomes riveting in the final scene where Vetsera and Rudolf plot their double suicide and where, possessed by equal parts terror, adoration and self-importance, she seems to be burrowing her way into her lover’s soul. The two lovers become hypnotised by the romance of death. But MacMillan doesn’t flinch from showing that, unlike the lovers in Swan Lake, they can’t achieve poetic transcendence – only a squalid mess.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Staying in character is essential. “If you’re Kitri, stay fiery as you get up,” says Webre. “If you’re Giselle, remain soft. Even when there’s a lapse in movement, there should be no lapse in artistry or character.” Laughing out of nerves only further disrupts the mood you’ve worked so hard to create onstage.<br /> <br /><strong>The Viewers Are on Your Side</strong><br />“Judges and audiences appreciate the heroism of a good recovery,” says Webre. Judges understand how easy it is to fall, since most were dancers themselves. Nancy Raffa, a recent Prix de Lausanne juror, remembers her own worst fall. “It was my first solo with American Ballet Theatre, and Mikhail Baryshnikov was in the wings. I went to the center, got ready for turns in à la seconde with a dégagé to the side, and the next thing I knew, I was on the floor,” she says with a chuckle. “I thought the universe had exploded. But when I got into the wings, Misha laughed and asked me if I’d had a nice trip down! Then he told me, ‘It happens. We fall.’ I realized, if Misha has fallen, we all do.”<br /><br /><strong>Be Proactive</strong><br />Bruce Marks, chair of the jury for the 4th Beijing International Ballet Invitational for Dance Schools, adds that, if there’s time between variations, it’s completely acceptable to ask for the stage to be mopped—especially if you notice the floor has become slick or sweaty. “If a dancer before you did floorwork with bare skin, requesting a sweep is worthwhile,” he says. “The worst they can do is say no.” <br /><br /><strong>Don’t Ignore an Injury </strong><br />Marks recommends assessing your physical condition quickly. “There’s no shame in stopping if you’re hurt,” he says. “Don’t dance injured just because you can do so from adrenaline. Consider your entire career, not just that one competition.” If you can walk, go offstage to ask for medical help. If you can’t, motion to the stage manager to bring the curtain or lights down. <br /><br /><strong>Be Daring</strong><br />Difficult technique and expansive artistry require pushing yourself beyond your limits. Don’t let fear make you tentative. “Some of my favorite dancers fell all the time,” says Marks. “There are falls that happen when you dance fully…and that’s worth it.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finding inspiration in your dance classes day in, day out can be hard. Nichelle Suzanne of danceadvantage.net, a veteran teacher of more than 17 years, gives us five ways to put that sparkle back, while upholding the foundations of a good class:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Setting limits for yourself can set you free, and may likely be the secret to some of your most creative ideas both in and out of the classroom. When you choreograph, it may seem the music, the number of dancers, or their abilities are the limiting structures but professional choreographers overcome creativity slumps or beat the blank slate syndrome by giving themselves a strict set of rules to follow. This can work in teaching too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try choosing one concept or one objective for each of your lessons and aim at that target as you develop each exercise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The concept for Lesson One might be a basic element like tempo. Challenge yourself and your students with alternating speeds or trying things at unusual tempos throughout the class. Lesson Two may focus on the use of the head as an objective. Pay special attention to its use in all aspects of your class choreography. Creating limits or rules for your teaching can spark creativity in the classroom.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your students have great ideas, too. Find ways to involve them and you’ll find there’s a lot you can learn from your pupils. The range and scope of their involvement is up to you but here are some ideas to test drive:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Get their input on what, how, or when they’d like to learn or try a new skill</strong>: “I’ve been thinking about working with you on two kinds of turns, which would you like to learn first?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one is pretty straightforward.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Getting away from your home base or working outside your comfort zone is always inspirational.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know your location may make it difficult to find classes on your own level. But, who says you need to take an advanced or continuing education-style course to feel rejuvenated and brimming with new ideas?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask to observe or take class with other teachers at your own studio whether you teach the same subject or not. A hip-hop teacher’s particular approach may just inspire you to try something new in your ballet classes. In fact, you might make “company class” a regular part of your studio’s schedule with instructors taking turns teaching fellow teachers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heck, if dance isn’t an option try pottery, or a foreign language, or yoga, and let me know how this non-dance class enriches your own teaching – you may be surprised!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m not talking about a new dance style, though as mentioned, that can certainly get the juices flowing, too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m talking about a new </span><a href="http://www.danceadvantage.net/teaching-style/" title="What’s Your Style? — Exploring Different Teaching Approaches"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">teaching style</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>.</strong></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Perhaps you fall neatly into one of the four categories of teachers. If so, why not explore another approach or experiment with mixing these styles within your class?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For instance, occasionally facilitate by splitting your students into groups to explore new concepts or work together on choreography. Or try delegating tasks, sending pupils home with a task to complete before the next class.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A dance class is pretty 3D compared to a typical classroom environment. Your students get hands on, experiential instruction that they simply don’t when seated behind a desk. However…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even dance can travel to another dimension by adding visual, tactile, and other sensory aids to the educational environment<strong>.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having trouble getting students to understand turnout? Try a bandana affixed with a single eye. That’s right an eye. Strategically place the bandana around their lower thigh and train them to “look” in the right direction.</span></div>
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<span style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Want to evoke a particularly delicate and light movement quality? Bring in a feather and show them how it floats. Encourage them to move like a feather on their own before bringing that movement to set choreography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These are just two examples. The possibilities are absolutely endless and require just a bit of imagination.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now go on! Get off the hamster wheel of habit.</span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #ff6600;"><strong><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How will you bring that sparkle back to your classes, today?</span></strong></span></div>
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That time always comes - that time to give up dance! This is Sara Rodriguez' positive attitude to the prospect of no longer dancing professionally:</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Once upon a time, I was the ultimate bunhead.</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">And by bunhead, I mean a serious,
hardcore, no-messing-around ballet dancer. I’ve trained in classical ballet for
quite some time, as most dancers do, and I’m currently finishing my final year
in a preprofessional program. But to say I’ve changed over the years would be
an understatement, especially when looking at this past year alone. Not
surprisingly, my path has changed with me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">Recently, I made a decision I never imagined I’d make: I decided that once I graduate from this program, I will not continue on to dance for a professional career. Sure, it sounds simple, but in truth, this is probably the hardest decision I will ever make in my life. It carries much more weight </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">than simply dancing or not dancing. Being a dancer is a defining trait, and with it comes a way of life that I’ve known as omnipresent, inherent and </span><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">vital to everything I am</span></span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">.</span> The decision to let go of the beloved art form that once fueled my every action came from a combination of personal </span></span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">contemplations and physical limitations. Still, I know this drastic change I’m about to make will be difficult, one that involves the stripping of an identity with which I grew up—a major contributor to how I became the person I am now.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">From here, I embark on a new path, and although it’s mostly terrifying, it’s also incredibly exciting and full of hope: <i>I’ll have so much free time! I won’t have to worry about looking a certain way! I won’t be in pain all the time and I’ll get to try new things! <o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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I feel as though I’ve come up for air and discovered that my purpose is elsewhere in this world, and coming to terms with that.</div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">If that doesn’t
illustrate the insane amount of love and devotion dancers have for their art, I
don’t know what does. So, to go from dancing for countless hours every day for
five or six (often seven) days a week to not dancing at all will undoubtedly
require a dramatic removal of this label and everything that comes with it. However,
I firmly believe that the past can and should inform what we do, wherever we
find ourselves at present and wherever we plan to go in the future—even if that
plan changes a few times. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For that reason, I’ve
decided that completely stripping this identity isn’t the answer, </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">nor is it even possible.
Rather, instead of trying to run away from it, perhaps I can </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">embrace it as a large
part of who I’ve been for so long in order to continue growing </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">as I am now and into the
future.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Perhaps there’s a dancer in me
that will never completely fade away.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">And now that I’ve come
to accept this piece of me, I’ve decided that although there </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">are certainly parts of
the identity I wouldn’t mind losing (like the hypercritical self-judgement </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and the painful
tendencies toward low self-esteem), I don’t want the dancer in me to die
entirely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">Because </span><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">dancers
</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;">are actually pretty incredible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">For starters, we’re
remarkably </span><span style="color: #ff3300; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: black;">disciplined</span> </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">and obedient. Tell us once what needs to </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">be done and we’ll do it
as perfectly as we can, working relentlessly until the result </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">has exceeded
expectations. We always find a way to make it happen, because what choice do we
have when things don’t go exactly as planned on stage (a common occurrence in
live performance) and we’re expected to deliver excellence nonetheless?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Second, we know how to
use our imaginations. Training in classical ballet can easily become boring and
tedious; every day, classes follow almost the same format and involve the same
movement vocabulary, starting with <i>pliés </i>(the first exercise given at barre)
and ending with <i>grand allegro </i>(big jumps across the floor). In order to
keep things interesting, we must take it upon </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">ourselves to infuse the
potentially monotonous routine of daily classes and rehearsals with vibrant
artistry, and that artistry can </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">only come from deep
within our souls—from a place of innate creativity and the desire to portray
something far greater than the </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">body itself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Third, we understand
what it means to respect authorities. We are taught from a young age to respond
to everything from praise </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">to criticism with
gratitude and a humble heart. And to the teachers with whom we’ve experienced
tremendous growth—the ones </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">who cared about our
triumphs and failures as though they were their own—we remain forever loyal.</span></div>
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importantly, we know how to work without the promise of success or reward. We
are self-sustaining.<span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">We know how to push
ourselves without so much as a word of encouragement or anything acknowledging
a job well done.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">We are everything we’re
asked to be for others and everything we need to be for </span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">ourselves, an
indescribable group of beings with unique intelligence and superhuman </span></span><span style="color: #343434; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;">capabilities</span>.</span></div>
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stays with us. <i>Forever</i>.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Customer: Redhead Scott School of Dance, Nottinghamshire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Project : Supply and installation of ActiWood Sprung Floor,
Integra System and Studio Curtains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Having equipped the School’s brand new studio in 2010 with
our ActiSprung Dance Floor and Integra Mirror/Double Barre System (complete
with Curtains), this highly over-subscribed dance school called upon The Ballet
Barre Company once again in 2013 when they needed to equip their second studio.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To cope with the schools expansion in offering a wider
variety of dance, our Actiwood Sprung Floor was installed to provide a sprung
floor suitable for working with a range of dance from ballroom to ballet.
Providing a level, solid hardwood surface in light Beech finish, our Actiwood
Sprung Floor is ideal for coping with the rigorous demands of this active
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Our specialist Integra Mirror/Barre System was once again
specified for the second studio to provide a seamless wall of mirror (no gaps
or horizontal divisions) with the appearance of a floating ballet barre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The wall of Integra was finished with a
beautiful set of specially-sourced silk fabric curtains to provide the exact
colour and specification requested by the client.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With over 800 students and over 50 years of teaching, The
Redhead Scott School of Dance take great pride that they are now teaching the
grandchildren of their very first students!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Ballet Barre Companyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09294852634953035885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53927268546720431.post-85901844976063149902014-01-10T04:48:00.000-08:002014-01-10T04:48:25.073-08:00The New Trend - Ballet Work-out<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it was Natalie Portman’s fairy-like form in <span style="font-style: italic;">Black Swan</span> that was the trigger, but when word got out that the Oscar winner had trained with Mary Helen Bowers - a former dancer with the New York City Ballet and founder of the </span><a href="http://www.sheerluxe.com/_sheerluxe/pages/redirect/Redirect.aspx?type=RawUrl&refpid=19843&secor=Magazine&rurl=https%3a%2f%2fwww.balletbeautiful.com%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ballet Beautiful</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> fitness method – classes were crammed. Alexa Chung, Anne Hathaway and Kelly Osborne are all satin-slippered regulars, as is Miranda Kerr, who regularly posts selfies stretching at the barre or perfecting a demi plié. Having travelled across the pond, ballet-based classes have proved themselves more than a fad over the past 18 months, with studios springing up all over London to meet the demand of dedicated followers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Despite its exercise-of-the-moment moniker, the workout concept has its roots in the Lotte Berke Method, developed 50 years ago by an injured dancer intent on retaining her balletic physique.<span style="font-style: italic;"> “It’s an ever-changing method that systematically works out every muscle group in the body,”</span> explains </span><a href="http://www.sheerluxe.com/_sheerluxe/pages/redirect/Redirect.aspx?type=RawUrl&refpid=19843&secor=Magazine&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.barreworks.co.uk%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barreworks</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> founder Vicki Anstey, whose Barreworks Ballet Workout incorporates aspects from standing and floor barre, deep-core exercises and choreographed movement. <span style="font-style: italic;">“At its base, the Method is about mirroring a dancer’s training regime, but there’s no leaping about or high impact work, just a high intensity, strength-building programme that delivers amazing results,</span>” says Vicki. <span style="font-style: italic;">“Body shape can change beyond recognition – discovering muscle definition on arms, upper back and legs becomes a daily occurrence for regular attendees.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The small isometric movements taught may appear easy, but they make for a calve-burning, abdominal-quivering session. “<span style="font-style: italic;">More than calorie burn, they drive insulin into the cells, making the body more effectively able to process carbohydrates,”</span> says </span><a href="http://www.sheerluxe.com/_sheerluxe/pages/redirect/Redirect.aspx?type=RawUrl&refpid=19843&secor=Magazine&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.barrecore.co.uk%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Barrecore</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> founder Niki Rein, widely credited with bringing barre fitness to Britain. <span style="font-style: italic;">“Not only do you get solid resistance training, but a cardiovascular workout from the interval training format we use, excellent for fat blasting and increasing metabolism.”</span> How many classes before you can expect to see noticeable results? <span style="font-style: italic;">“Five to six sessions, and we recommend two to four classes a week to really notice legs tone up and become leaner, hips narrow and bums lift – the ‘barre bum’ is common terminology around the studio. There isn’t the opportunity to plateau as with most exercises.” </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The term ‘barre high’ has been coined for the addictive post-class endorphin-fuelled buzz experienced, but that’s not the only feel-good benefit, says Niki: <span style="font-style: italic;">“We encourage everyone to visualise the muscles working together to perform each movement, and to push beyond the point where your mind is telling you to stop. Your mind can’t be anywhere else but on your body for one whole hour which makes it a type of moving meditation.”</span> Core strength, strong resolve and calm – sign yourself up to one of London's most popular classes quick sharp...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beginners should try their signature class </span><a href="http://www.sheerluxe.com/_sheerluxe/pages/redirect/Redirect.aspx?type=RawUrl&refpid=19843&secor=Magazine&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.barrecore.co.uk%2f" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BarrecoreMIXED</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, while the short of time may want to attend BarrecoreEXPRESS, a 30-minute class amped up with high-intensity bursts; there’s even BarreBUMP for mums-to-be. Watch out for the new BarreBANDS class (launching this month) where stretch bands are used in nearly every exercise for a deeper and faster muscular burnout.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you’re more interested in achieving the perfect line than the perfect abs, try a beginner’s class at the </span><a href="http://www.sheerluxe.com/_sheerluxe/pages/redirect/Redirect.aspx?type=RawUrl&refpid=19843&secor=Magazine&rurl=http%3a%2f%2fwww.rad.org.uk%2farticle_pink.asp%3fid%3d119" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Royal Academy of Dance</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Teaching the basics of ballet technique – with a view to moving up a level after a year – the classes are run as a course rather than on a ‘pay as you go’ basis. For the more experienced, there’s a General Level Ballet class each Saturday. <span style="font-size: x-small;"> Sheerluxe.com</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The professional advice (confirmed by the National Dance
Teachers Association, NDTA) is that the barre should be wall mounted at a
height between <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">900mm
– 1200mm (35” – 47”).</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>We have found that many of our
clients choose a height of around <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">1150mm (45”)</span></b>, as this is the suggested height
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The most versatile arrangement in catering for dancers of
different heights is to have a double barre system.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only two barre heights are needed for all
barre work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again the advice is that the
second barre should be set <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: #7030a0;">200mm (8”)</span></b><span style="color: #7030a0;"> </span>lower
than the top barre.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This allows for
children up to the age of 13, shorter dancers or those with limited extension.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the Ballet Barre Company we devised a
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-family: Calibri;"><strong>Our friend and dancer at the Rambert, Adam Blyde, has kindly reviewed The Royal Ballet's latest production of Mayerling. We are always thrilled to have Adam's unique view.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">With most physical jobs, it is widely acknowledged that one
can't go on forever, be it window cleaning, landscape gardening or bricklaying,
there comes a moment when the body starts to reject the early mornings and the days
just get too hard. However, most people can still spend a large part of their
lives in those jobs. When it comes to dance, especially ballet, people tend to
think that just as a dancer's career is taking off, the final curtain is on
it's way down. Bleak, but true?.....<br />
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Apparently not. Leanne Benjamin, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet, has
just danced her last performance at the Royal Opera House after more than
twenty years with the company. She is 49 years old. NOT that you'd ever know.
Watching her onstage in Mayerling as Mary Vetsera, the young mistress of Crown
Prince Rudolf, it's impossible to match that number to that body and ability.
It's an impressive ballerina that convincingly loses 30 years onstage!<br />
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Mayerling is one of Sir Kenneth McMillan's most iconic works, the story of Crown
Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary, brimming with political intrigue, scandal and
scheming women. It's an epic journey over three acts for the lead role of Crown
Prince Rudolf. Numerous difficult duets with countless <br />
women, beautiful but technical solos, not much time offstage and a speedy descent
into insanity and murder/suicide - all in all, a pretty tough night by most
standards! Carlos Acosta was superb, handling everything with ease and
assurance. But, it was when dancing with Benjamin that the stage really came to
life. I was close to the stage but still on the edge of my seat, fully
absorbed in their tragic story.<br />
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It's inspiring to watch two dancers with such a strong connection be so fearless
in their dancing. They were tense, violent, passionate, all-consuming lovers
and being so sure in their technique and trust meant that we could go with
them, and boy did we, to the edge of their despair.<br />
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Leanne Benjamin will be sorely missed on the London stage, a wonderful ballerina
that I enjoyed watching all through my training. The irony of the evening was
that I was sat in total agony after hurting my back during rehearsals. Sat in
pain, watching a 49 year old dance as a 17 year old. With <br />
ease and brilliance. I'm quite a few years younger than Ms. Benjamin so needless
to say I was slightly ashamed of myself. Youth is obviously wasted on the
young.... Anyone know a chiropractor?</span></div>
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