Top 7 Benefits of Ballet Lessons for Adults

TOP 7 BENEFITS OF BALLET LESSONS FOR ADULTS

Here are a few benefits of Ballet Lessons for Adults:-

1) Ballet is not just for the athletic, the artistic, or the young. Homemakers, physicists, philanthropists, lawyers, secretaries- ballet is more popular than ever among people of all métier, all ages.

2) Ballet offers both a break from daily life and a challenge with its own distinct mental and physical rewards.

3) In class you become a part of the grace and beauty you see onstage, and it becomes part of you.

4) Ballet also provides a great workout, with lasting benefits of toning, lengthening, and stretching. Every inch of your muscle will be actively engaged in movements. We will teach you feel the muscle you never thought you can control! You will end up shedding a few pounds and have a well-toned up body.

5) Another benefit is you will find ballet does wonders to your posture!

6) Ballet, actually make you smarter and prevent Alzheimer! In ballet, we listen and move along with music, you will use a lot of ‘brain power’ to remember the steps, keep up with the music timing, and coordinate the different body parts. For example, we exercise the left brain for getting the logic of the steps combinations; Right brain for interpreting the music and expressing our body in an artistic manner; The upper rear portion of the brain for interpreting spatial relationship; and the lower part of the brain for memorizing the steps.

7) No dress code in adult class. Wear a T-shirt/wrap sweater and sweatpants/a skirt in which you can move freely. As you progress, you may find yourself gaining confidence and shedding pounds- and a layer or two of clothing along with them.


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Watch this cute video i found!!=) Enjoy!

Dorothee Gilbert's gorgeous fashion photos

Another excellent example of ballet + fashion! Perfect marriage!







A celebrated, young and talented French ballerina- Dorothee Gilbert, really captured my heart. She is amazing and she takes good photos. Absolutely love her!

Absolute ME time....



Love my monthly magazine time... so relaxing, finding inspirations and catching up with the latest trends. Today, i was able to spot a ballerina among the pile of magazines... hehe... love it.



November issue of O magazine introduce this book about a Russian prima ballerina...
Must find time to read it...

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7697730-the-true-memoirs-of-little-k
Book review:-
"One hundred years old, with a sharp memory for every jewel she owned and every conquest she made, Mathilde Kschessinska—prima ballerina assoluta of the long-vanished Russian Imperial Ballet—sits down to write her memoirs.

And what a life it has been. The greatest dancer of the age, her scything technique caught the eye—and heart—of one Nikolai Romanov when she was only seventeen years old. When Nikolai ascended the throne as czar and was forced to give up his mistress, she turned her gaze on his cousins, the grand dukes; despite betraying each man with the other, her loyalty to Niki never wavered. As the last czar presided over a fatally crumbling empire, her devotion to the imperial family was tested in ways she could never have foreseen.

In Adrienne Sharp’s richly imagined novel, we see the seething beginnings of revolution and the blind giddiness of a doomed court. Based on fact, The True Memoirs of Little K is historical fiction as it’s meant to be written: passionately eventful and alive with emotions that resonate today. It is a magnificent entertainment."

Spot another Ballerina Tan Yuan Yuan, San Francisco Ballet's principal dancer in a cosmetic advertisement in another magazine.




Delicate and daring
CNN's Kristie Lu Stout talks to China's most critically acclaimed ballet dancer, Tan Yuan Yuan about her rise to fame.

Royal Ballet School, Richmond park, London

The Royal Ballet School train and educate outstanding classical ballet dancers for The Royal Ballet, Birmingham Royal Ballet and other top international dance companies.
Some graduates of The Royal Ballet School:- Darcey Bussell CBE, Dame Margot Fonteyn DBE, Sir Kenneth MacMillan etc.


This is one the most beautiful ballet school.


http://www.royal-ballet-school.org.uk/


Royal Ballet Lower School


Royal Ballet Upper School


Britian most loved Ballerina Darcey Bussel teaches Royal Ballet School students.

New young dynamic company- Het Nationale Ballet

Powerful video! Gave me goosebumps, so awesome! Especially, watching the boy's powerful allegro.



Just discover this young dynamic company Het Nationale Ballet.

Power arch



Feet are one of several fetishes in the dance world. They are the anatomical tools that delineate a ballerina.

Good feet are judged on the size of the dancer’s arch, their high instep, strength and endurance.

Over the years, there have been many dancers praised for their beautiful feet. Their feet have become so beautiful, in fact, that one could spend days perusing images and video clips of their feet at work.

Here are some of the beautiful ballerinas' power arches:-

1. Paloma Herrera – American Ballet Theatre



2. Sylvie Guillem – Sadler’s Wells Theatre







3. Alessandro Ferri – American Ballet Theatre, retired


Alessandra Ferri, Sting music video


4. Svetlana Zahkrakova – Bolshoi Ballet



5. Lucia Lacarra – Bavarian State Ballet






6. Polina Semionova – Berlin State Opera




7. Tamara Rojo – Royal Ballet





8. Lucinda Dunn – The Australian Ballet


9. Maria Kotchekova – San Francisco Ballet

Achieving Perfection



Such a beautiful video!

Today's video post i wanted to dedicate to all talented, hardworking, and determined ballerinas around the world. We sweat, we cry, we suffered pain and exhaustion for our passion. Do not give up doing something that your heart have so much fire for!

Love, LilBallerina