Ballet Is Dance

                     "BALLET" IS "Dance"


          La Sylphide, Giselle, and Swan Lake, have held the stage and the audiences appeal for more than a hundred years. Like No Other Art form "Ballet" IS "Dance!"
          "When and Where can I see that Ballet Performed Again?" This question by audiences is the closest the observer can come to the steady training required of the dancer in order to create the performance that will captivate them. 
          Ballet displays the most beautiful movement that the body is capable of. The skill of the ballet dancer is useless unless proper training and practice turns it into a visual art. Very few dancers are beautiful when they start training, but when they dance well, they become beautiful. "Ballet" Is "Dance" because of the proof it  shows on every dancer who studies it. To become a DANCER without studying Ballet, is like trying to go to college without the knowledge of the english language. 

         Symphony music asks the dancers body to move in time. Like a poem, it tells us a story we connect to and appreciate. Heroes and heroines or just plain everyday people standing in a certain posture showing us a certain mood creates a story.  Not just Ballet dancers but every dancer creates a story with their bodies. Often ballets require program notes to tell us what the ballet story is really about. Many newcomers feel there might be a hidden meaning to ballets without a story. They expect Ballet to be like theater or movies.   To appreciate it you have to watch it, not think about it. "Ballet" IS "Dance" like nothing else in its purity.

        To enjoy the Ballet, you must go often and not occasionally.  As many times as you might read a novel or go the movies or go to  a museum or listen to a concert or an opera, be persistent to the arts to enjoy the pleasures they contain. If we neglect the ballet, we are depriving ourselves of one of Arts greatest pleasures.  Enlightenment through art has throughout history proven to be a necessity to be happier beings.
        In my study of dance, I found out early that after my study of Tap and Jazz, that "Ballet" IS "Dance" and its foundation. In order to advance I realized the necessity of Ballet training. By age 12, I was picked to be part of the cast performing in the Opera House in San Francisco with the above pictured Leningrad Kirov Ballet performing Swan Lake to a symphony orchestra. My first dance job with pay!
        Like all arts, "Ballet" IS "Dance" and many different things to many different people. It can be high-brow, or something to make fun of. It can be LIFE in its fullest form to some.  Some individuals  never give it a second thought. Bucket list a Ballet once in your life.
        With more people finding new interest to watch dance performances, knowledge and concern for ballet and All forms of dance has grown. Support for dance companies and not in terms of financial support, (valuable as that is;) I mean in terms of interest and response. The Heart of Dance, and All of Dance has found new audiences of all ages and re-newed life..!

        "Ballet" Is "Dance" and it is significant in our culture. Most of all it is a pleasure. Watch carefully and train yourself to see its beauty..! -->  LOL --->  Dancingly Mr.Shuffles 5-6-7-8