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Ballet
The ballet is an interesting athletic discipline, as it is part sports and part art. The ballet is an athletic discipline where participants combine great athletic challenges with artistic motion, while making the whole routine look effortless at the same time. The ballet dancer combines grace with difficult physical maneuvers such as splits, and pointwork. While sports like rowing, rhythmic gymnastics, and rock climbing all pose significant athletic challenges, the ballet ranks right up there in physical demands. Ballet dancers must be able to dance and spin while on their toes, and the male dancers must be able to glide across a stage while sometimes holding up a lady with one arm. Though ballet is a form of dance, the job is physically demanding, and the most accomplished ballet dancers usually begin studying their art since before the age of 10. Professional ballet dancers do not usually continue to perform at an elite level into their 40's and 50's, like golf athletes sometimes can. Generally, the best ballet dancers in the world are in their late teens and 20's.
Ballet is a discipline with the art of dance. Other dance disciplines include Morris Dancing, Electronica, Salsa, Swing, Disco, Tango, and the Lambada. Ballet is considered the most elegant of all the dance disciplines for a number of reasons. First is the long history of classic ballet. Ballet is an art form that goes all the way back to the theater in ancient Greece. Before there was William Shakespeare in Romeo and Juliet, there was the ballet of antiquity. Though there were examples of the combined arts of dance and music in countries such as India and China, it was the Ancient Greeks who took this art form to new heights, with dramatic performances in great public theaters. The art form was later suppressed by many oppressive regimes all the way through the end of the middle ages, but emerged again at the beginning of the Renaissance. In the opening years of the 16th century, ballet found a supportive home in France and Italy. In France, the art form was refined and polished until it evolved into the art form that audiences enjoy today. Classic ballet experienced a rebirth in France, and steadily grew into the cultural treasure that is enjoyed in countries all around the world. Some of the world's most famous ballet dancers have included Enrico Cecchetti, George Balanchine, and Marie Taglioni.
Ballet is not just a continuous sequence of dance maneuvers, but it is an artistic expression of dance, dramatic effect, and rhythmic movements to choreographed music. Many of the ballet shows that one performed in front of a live audience have themes around famous literary or historic events. Some of the most popular ballet shows have included Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, and Pharaoh's Daughter. The ballet dancers who perform at these shows must possess so many physical and intellectual talents to pull off great performances. The female leads are expected to be beautiful, tall and slender, and have the talent of a theater actor. Both ballet dancers and paintball athletes must have great leg strength to pull off great performances.
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