Talk:Ballet

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Intro

I removed the following piece:

It incorporates alignment, flexibility, exercises, and center work in a disciplined curriculum. Typical ballet classes consist of a barre and center work; more advanced classes include adagio, petit allegro, and grande allegro sections.

Reasons: (a) a piece was put by an anonim into an arbitrary place, out of logic flow of the article. (b) Even if the phrase is correct, it is full of terminology and useless: both experts and ignorants learn nothing. Mikkalai 22:16, 15 Feb 2004 (UTC)

If you were talking about women the way you talk about ballet, you would hear from thousands of angry women. It lacks sensibility, and shows no concern for the person that doesnt know anything about ballet, and knowing the realibility of wikipedia checks it there, and what a fiasco.

should there be a page for ballets (ballet dances)? this page needs more information and links to the various aspects of ballet such as ballet lessons, history, choregraphers etc etc Ohka- 23:14, 30 May 2004 (UTC)

I think there should be a page for ballets. I'm working on it... so far I've done Romantic and Neoclassical Ballet, so I hope to see feedback/corrections/etc mary 22:48, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

what's needed

• a better main entry
• history of ballet page
• ballet timeline
• the ballletcatergories need to have pages created (eg romantic ballet)
• the other methods need pages
• important ballets need pages
• famous ballet companies need thier pages
• ballet artists
• ballet catergories
• Different schools - russian, italian, etc.

81.153.52.218 07:56, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Mariinsky - Kirov Ballet

To help clear up any confusion:

• 1790 - 1917: Mariinsky Ballet
• 1917 - 1935: Academic State Theatre Ballet
• 1935 – 1991: Kirov Ballet
• 1991 -  : Mariinsky Ballet

The Ballet company has alway been a part of the part of the Theatre (Mariinsky Theatre, Academic State Theatre, Kirov Theatre). The name changes reflect the political suituation in russia at that particular time.

When touring outside Russia the ballet company is called the Kirov Ballet

see: What is the official name of the Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet?

I actually have that article up on my computer now (I think I'm gonna re-write the Kirov article tommorow). That's why I made the page move, and changed the wording around, so that it's more appropiate to the current day. Lyellin 13:48, Aug 3, 2004 (UTC)

contemporary vs. classical ballet

What are the differences between contemporary and classical ballet?--Hhielscher 21:53, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

Classical ballet focuses more on the technical aspects of dance that have been used for years, especially by Russian companies. Contemporary ballet tends to focus more on emotion and movement than technique.

Ballet and its gendering

Someone should address the contemporary controversy around Ballet--the common tie to eating disorders, the gendering and caricaturing of women, the problems with the implicit gender/power dynamics, and so on. Unfortunatly I know only about the subject, not much of it. -bmortimer 8 November 2005

I'm intrigued by the phrase "gendering and caricaturing of women." Classical ballet certainly includes female characters that aren't ideals for today's women, but these are historic pieces, much like the plays of Shakespeare. Are you objecting to a current practice in the world of dance, or the performance of more traditional ballets? -pmerz 8 August 2006

Photo

Why do some of the snowflakes have 5-fold symmetry?

Actually, I think the photo for this page needs to be replaced - none of the dancers are actually in technically-correct positions, and (looking at it from a dancer's viewpoint), that hurts this page's credibility. Not entirely sure where to find a usable non-copyrighted photo though.

—I agree.

There must be someone who would be willing to donate a picture to this page of more technically accurate dancing. Also, the caption refers to the composer's name, instead of the choreographer's or dance company who is performing. I think Tchaikovsky is swell, but certainly he didn't stage this particular production?

I've looked around, but I can't find any. I uploaded two pictures I took (they're on my page) but they were with a crappy camera and no flash; and one was from about thirty feet away, backstage, between costume changes. In my opinion the ballet picture being used now needs rapid replacement, but I'm not sure a fuzzy picture would be any better... I'm going to try to contact the gentleman in charge of the Ballerina Gallery and ask if he has any copyright-free pictures or protected ones he's willing to donate. --Editor at Large 14:14, 8 August 2006 (UTC)

Portal:Dance

Portal:Dance has been started. Please have a look. --Roland2 12:10, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

David and Goliath

I've added David and Goliath (ballet) to Goliath (disambiguation), but the article does not yet exist. And there seems to be no list of ballets to add it to. Michael Hardy 23:47, 29 May 2006 (UTC)