A country couple went to the city to watch a ballet performance. When they came back, the villagers asked them how they felt.

"It's nice to be in the city," the woman replied. "No sooner had we sat down in the theatre than my husband fell asleep. At this time, about 20 men and women appeared on the stage. In order not to wake him, they all walked on tiptoe. "

Indeed, ballet seems to be equivalent to tiptoe. When it comes to ballet, we immediately think of the dance scene where the actress stands on tiptoe and wants to fly lightly. Ballet even won the title of "tiptoe dance".

But-why do people think of putting all their weight on their toes?

In this book called Illustrated Ballet, there are many amazing answers about ballet.

It turns out that the earliest ballet was not danced on tiptoe.

The performance scene of the first ballet in history is probably like this: 158 1 year 10 15. On the day of the Louvre in Paris, a huge Thurs Garden was carefully built, including castles, Woods, fountains, chariots and so on. The audience sat on the second floor of the three halls to watch the performance called "The Queen's Comedy Ballet".

It's not so much a ballet performance as a big all-night rave party.

What's even more "outrageous" is that the leading role of early ballet is male, and most of the female roles are reversed by male dancers! Lu Li,/kloc-a famous ballet dancer in the 7th century, male. It is said that he once jumped into the orchestra pit and broke a piano, but he won a house full of applause. It can be seen that the ballet performance at that time had a rock concert atmosphere. Louis XIV, the most fashionable emperor in Europe, was also an avid ballet dancer. He played the leading role in 26 ballets in a row. 1662, a military exercise ballet was staged in Tularez Grand Square. Louis XIV himself led the Roman army, his brother led the Persian army, Prince Kant led the Turkish army and Duke Gese led the Armenian army. A dramatic change in ballet has become a riot for all ages.

However, when the first female dancer put on tiptoe shoes, the history of ballet changed completely.

On the evening of March 1832, 12, the ballet "Fairy" starring Italian dancer Marie Tarioni premiered at the Royal French Conservatory of Music. Tarioni has successfully created an image of a fairy who dances on tiptoe as if flying. The corset and bell-shaped tulle skirt she wears are tailored according to her delicate and soft dance style, symbolizing flying. Since then, toe shoes and ballet shoes have been used to this day, and we can finally stop seeing men dressed as women jumping on the ballet stage. ...

Back to the original question, why do people stand on tiptoe?

You will understand after reading this, because ballet symbolizes the ideal of physical beauty.

Rodin said: "The human body is the mirror of the soul, which is the greatest beauty. Nothing in nature is more characteristic than the human body. The human body, because of its strength or because of its beauty, can evoke different images. "

The ideal of beauty must be expressed through emotion. Therefore, people's bodies are also emotional, and emotions are often fragile and easily crushed by secular pressure. Tiptoe ballet is the expression of this emotion.

The beauty of ballet is not that a woman's straight feet are more in line with the ideal of beauty, but that it symbolizes a transcendental gesture. A ballet dancer keeps her balance carefully, just like a flying fairy, but she will fall down at any moment. That kind of thrilling and sad beauty contains an effort to leap upwards.

Narrow the relationship between toes and the ground to a point, that is, the infinite distance from the earth to another world.

Therefore, the beauty of ballet is sad and gorgeous. Only tragedy can push ballet to the extreme. Like the death of a swan. A dance critic once described the performance of the Russian dancer pavlova, the creator of Death of a Swan: "She stood on tiptoe and whirled around the stage dreamily. She seemed to be struggling towards the horizon, and suddenly she wanted to fly and touch the edge of space with her soul ... In an instant, her right leg slipped forward and her left knee landed. The creatures in the air finally failed to break free from the shackles of the earth and gradually closed their wings. " The most touching performance in the history of ballet was on the day of Pavlova's death, when the Royal Ballet was performing. Upon learning this unfortunate news, the conductor immediately symbolically announced that pavlova was playing Death of a Swan, and the band was playing the music of Saint-Sang. The curtain slowly opened, but the stage was empty, only a beam of chasing light was moving slowly. ...

An illustrated ballet is the history of a ballet. Another thing worth mentioning is that almost all the pictures in the book are stamps with the theme of ballet. In addition to the fact that the author is obviously a stamp collector, it is a wonderful match to use stamps as the annotation of ballet. The main idea of a stamp is that it is a fixed frame in the fleeting time, like a postcard drifting from the long river of years. A stamp is not only a collection, but also a beautiful moment saturated with the taste of time.

The beauty of ballet, that is, the history of ballet, seems impossible to collect. In fact, it is as simple as collecting a stamp and a book. It's as simple as collecting a childhood story, a wisp of fragrance on a pillow, and a bunch of sunshine in a cafe in the afternoon.

Huang Yue illustrated ballet.

Published by Shanghai Culture Publishing House in February 2006

49.80 yuan

Secondly,

Ballet originated in Italy and flourished in France, so the word "ballet" was originally an English translation of "French" ballet, and its etymology is Italian ballet, which means "dancing" or "dancing".

At first, ballet was a kind of mass entertainment or square dance in Europe. In the process of development, it has formed a strict norm and a form of deconstruction. Its main feature is that actresses should wear special pointed shoes and stand on tiptoe. As a comprehensive stage art, ballet originated in Italy and was formed in the French court in the17th century. French court ballet combines singing, dancing, music, recitation and dramatic plot under a unified theme. 16 1 year, French king Louis XIV ordered the establishment of the world's first royal dance school in Paris, which established five basic feet and twelve hands for ballet and provided a whole set of movements and systems for ballet movements. These five basic feet have been used to this day.

Whether in the training classroom or on the stage, dancers wear beautiful clothes specially designed. Although some clothes may change their styles with the fashion, for dancers, training clothes are not only for looking good, but each one has its practical use. Tights and tights are the most basic training clothes for dancers. In classical ballet, girls usually wear black tights with pink tights. Some schools like to let girls wear socks and tights of various colors. Hairstyles are also part of dance costumes. Classical ballet girls like to tie half a long hair in a bun at the back of their heads, so that the lines of their necks and heads are very clear. Ballet soft shoes are made of soft thin leather or canvas, which are worn by both boys and girls before girls practice their toes. Girls wear pink and boys wear black or white. Shoes can easily wrap your feet tightly.

What is body ballet?

Ballet originated in Italy and was formed in the French court in the17th century. French court ballet has formed strict norms and structural forms in the development process, and its main feature is that actresses have to wear special pointed shoes and stand on tiptoe. 16 1 year, French king Louis XIV ordered the establishment of the world's first royal dance school in Paris, which established five basic feet and twelve hands for ballet, giving ballet a complete set of movements and systems.

In Europe, whether elegant or vulgar, ballet has a profound impact on the behavior dynamics of social individuals and has become the standard for society to measure individual civilization. With the development of society, the beauty of ballet is not only a noble game, but also a new way of fitness, which is more practical and practical. In some primary and secondary schools in China, physical training courses with ballet training as the content have been set up. In the final analysis, ballet training is still a kind of physical exercise, which can improve aesthetic taste by adjusting the geometric position of bones and muscle groups. It can be used to strengthen the body, adjust fatigue after exercise, or as a warm-up action for other fitness courses.

Fitness ballet is usually called body ballet. Adult figure ballet is divided into elementary, intermediate and advanced courses. Primary courses focus on improving basic quality and adjusting posture; Intermediate courses focus on training basic dance and sense of music; Advanced courses focus on training the feeling of dance and the perception of music. Most movements are in the form of dancing. The whole class will be accompanied by beautiful classical music, and finally there will be a beautiful dance combination.

Anatomical observation of ballet figure

Anatomically, the same is true of the scientific nature of ballet body training.

As mentioned earlier, the pelvis is the base of the spine. If you want to change your hunched posture, you should reduce the forward tilt of your pelvis. Whether the pelvis leans forward or not is controlled by the hip muscles. When relaxed, the pelvis leans forward, and when tense, the pelvis stands upright. Therefore, one of the keys to correct bad posture is to make hip muscles tense.

Ballet body training can achieve this goal. In the natural state, the feet are in the front and back direction, and the supporting surface of the human body is a relatively large trapezoid. In ballet body training, the feet spread outward 180 degrees, so that the supporting surface is squeezed into a long strip and much smaller. The smaller the supporting surface, the worse the stability of human body, the more tense the muscles of lower limbs and buttocks, and the pelvis will change from leaning forward to standing upright.

In addition, ballet body training also emphasizes in the essentials: legs are clamped inward, quadriceps is contracted, and gluteus maximus is tightened. Moreover, there are corresponding supervision and inspection measures: it is difficult to insert the palm between the legs, and the muscles on both sides of the buttocks should be recessed. These essentials emphasize the active contraction of hip muscles. If we can all do it, the tension of hip muscles has reached a considerable level. There is no doubt about the verticality of pelvis and spine.

Understanding ballet begins here.

The origin of ballet:

At first, ballet was a kind of mass entertainment or square dance in Europe. In the process of development, it has formed a strict norm and a form of deconstruction. Its main feature is that actresses should wear special pointed shoes and stand on tiptoe. As a comprehensive stage art, ballet originated in Italy and was formed in the French court in the17th century. French court ballet combines singing, dancing, music, recitation and dramatic plot under a unified theme. 16 1 year, French king Louis XIV ordered the establishment of the world's first royal dance school in Paris, which established five basic feet and twelve hands for ballet and provided a whole set of movements and systems for ballet movements. These five basic feet have been used to this day. Whether in the training classroom or on the stage, dancers wear beautiful clothes specially designed. Although some clothes may change their styles with fashion, for dancers, training clothes are not only for looking good, but each one has its practical function. Tights and tights are the most basic training clothes for dancers. In classical ballet, girls usually wear black tights with pink tights. Some schools like to let girls wear socks and tights of various colors. Hairstyles are also part of dance costumes. Classical ballet girls like to tie their hair in a bun at the back of their heads, so that the lines of their necks and heads are very clear. Ballet soft shoes are made of soft thin leather or canvas, which are worn by both boys and girls before girls practice their toes. Girls wear pink and boys wear black or white. Shoes can easily wrap your feet tightly.

Adult ballet body class is based on the basic movements of ballet. By mastering several characteristics of ballet, such as opening, stretching and straightness, all parts of the body develop in a balanced way and the posture is beautiful and straight. At the same time, with beautiful music, it can improve the sense of music and cultivate sentiment, and finally achieve the perfect combination of dance and music. Let beauty not only be superficial or hidden in the heart, but be displayed intuitively and implicitly. As we all know, losing weight should not only achieve the goal of slimming, but also jump out of health, beauty and elegance. It can be seen that a good figure alone cannot meet everyone's aesthetic requirements. Physical beauty means improving internal cultivation and combining internal and external, so pay attention to movements and cultivate internal beauty when practicing.

Understanding ballet begins here.

Nowadays, urban women not only pay attention to beauty, but also pay attention to fitness. Ballet has become the new favorite of urban women. The white gauze skirt on the stage, beautiful toes, difficult rotation and elegant curtain call have accumulated into a distant imagination. I never imagined that I could touch ballet and feel its beauty and elegance. However, now many white-collar women in Shenzhen have started to walk into fitness clubs and experience the enjoyment brought by this elegant art. After aerobics, ballet body training has become popular in cities, which is extremely popular.

From the point of view of kinematics, ballet belongs to anaerobic exercise, and its bodybuilding strength is incomparable to that of general fitness exercise. The three elements of opening, jumping and straight ballet have the function of shrinking fibers, making people slimmer after training, effectively consuming excess fat and creating physical beauty in the combination of static and dynamic exercise, thus attracting many fans. Ballet training classes are mostly amateur, with classes at night and weekends. Accompanied by melodious music, the students dressed in various training clothes and dancing shoes are doing the basic movements of ballet meticulously, bending over, tiptoeing and kicking, and doing a trick and a style very seriously. The legs are lifted and rotated with a bit of ballet charm, intoxicated in the elegant artistic atmosphere. After a period of ballet body training, most students are tall and straight, strong and handsome, and their gestures are obviously better than ordinary people. In the past, drugs, physical therapy and exercise all had certain effects, but they cost a lot. However, ballet body training costs little and has no side effects. At the same time, it makes people have a beautiful figure and elegant temperament, which is an excellent way of fitness. Therefore, the domestic ballet body training is booming, becoming more and more popular and becoming the fashion pursued by modern women.