What is Ballet?
- A Community Outreach Program
- Available to School and Community Groups
- The Program is Flexible and Can Be Tailored to Your Group
- Includes Demonstrations by NCB Dancers
Potential Program Topics:
How to evaluate the quality
of a dance training programs?
What is a good curriculum?
When should a dancer begin training?
How long and how often does a dancer need to
train?
How does one get into the professional world of
dance?
What should a class look
like?
Why the barré?
How do classes change from beginning to advanced?
The physical training of a
dancer.
Just how physically demanding is it?
But, it looks so easy!
Compared to other physical training programs.
History
When did Ballet start?
What is the relationship to fencing?
Why were women excluded at one point?
And, then later why were men excluded?
Comparing today's dancer with dancers of the
past.
Audience participation
Come up and try some of the steps and exercises.
About Ballet Performances
The Great Story Ballets
Dance for Dance Performances
