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Ballet Dance: Elements and Movements To Know!

Ballet dance is all about grace and precision. The ballerinas always ensure depicting the message through music and movements. This is an art form created by the swift movements of the human body. Ballet dance is known for the theatrical performance for the audience utilizing costumes, scenic design, lighting and more. Let us talk further about ballet elements and movements. Elements of Ballet Ballet is a means of expressing a theme or telling a story using dance as a medium. There are four major elements ballet can be characterized into. Let's have a look at them. Choreography- It is the dance element without which performing ballet is quite impossible. The term refers to the design of ballet dance which means the particular movements to be performed by the performers. Music: It is the melodic element of ballet dance. Without music ballet is nothing and good music leads to a great ballet performance. Plot: Ballet dance is based on a storyline along with music. It is known as a theatrical art and hence plot is the story that is being enacted within the ballet performance. Decoration: Of course the stage setup is must. Decoration is the next element of ballet wherein the sets keep on changing based on the plot along with the music at the background. Keeping in mind these important elements, one should know the popular ballet dance movements too. Apart from these elements, there are certain set positions for arms and feet, giving the performer a pleasing aspect. For instance, keeping both feet together in line heel to heel; feet apart in line heels opposed; feet together front and behind (overlapping by about a half foot length); feet apart either closed i.e. fully overlapping or open i.e. no overlap; and feet together and fully overlapping. We've compiled a list of common ballet movements to have a look at. Movements of Ballet 1. Assemble´: Assemble´ is a ballet dance move where the dancer lifts off the floor on one leg and ends on two. The legs are then assembled at the same time. 2. Grande Jete´: It is a big jump wherein one foot is brushed into the air and it seems like it has been thrown. 3. Plie´: This ballet dance movement means to bend. It refers to the bending of the knee.

4. Pirouette: Pirouette is a ballet dance movement that refers to a rotation or a spin. Here, the dancer takes a complete body turn being on a single foot, on point or demi-pointe.

5. Tour en l’air: This is usually a male dancer’s step. Here, the dancer takes a turn in the air. However, ballerinas can also perform this step depending on their choreography. Would you ever like to perform ballet dance? If yes, you can go through some of the ballet performances online to see how it works and if it still fascinates you, go and enrol yourself for ballet classes now.