The basic characteristics of classical ballet are that female dancers wear skirts; Most of the music is dance music or even famous songs, especially Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky's ballet suite; Male dancers often assist female dancers to make beautiful technical movements.

Classical ballet can be divided into romanticism and classicism. The former is 17 and 18 century ballet Giselle. The latter refers to19th century dance dramas, such as Swan Lake.

In classical ballet, slow dance is usually used to express the love scenes between men and women, such as the slow dance between the princess and the prince in the second act of Swan Lake. Slow dance is basically a female dance, and male dancers are just a foil for female dancers. For female dancers, it is nothing more than an excellent opportunity to show their dancing skills and graceful curves, and what is more important at this time is to show their body balance.

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Classical ballet has its specific structure and form. Only through the close cooperation of artistic directors, choreographers, dancers, lighting and acoustics, costumes, scenery and professional theater staff can it be completely presented to the audience.

If you can have a basic understanding of the style on the ballet stage, you will get great fun and excitement when watching the ballet performance. Ballet performance is mainly composed of the following three roles:

1, protagonist: The protagonist is the core of the story. Dancers need to have skills and physical strength above a certain level, and the most important thing is to have superb dance literacy and personality in order to interpret the roles in the play. Classical ballet duet is the focus of the whole ballet, and most of them are played by male and female protagonists.

The structural order of the classical ballet duet is adagio of the hero and heroine, followed by the solo of the hero and the solo of the heroine, and finally the final conclusion (Allegro for both). The artistic accomplishment and skill level of the protagonist will be presented in the duet.

2. Solo: A person who has the leading role skills and can perform alone or with three or four people.

3. Group dancers: Although the dance steps of group dancers are simple, the complex picture changes and the whole atmosphere is more important. Every group of dancers is important. As long as one person is out of tune, the overall situation will be affected.

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