BALLET AND ITS DANGERS
by Amy Walz
Ballet is a wonderful art form that can uplift the spirit and the
soul. However, it is very
dangerous!
Some ballet dancers can and do have long satisfying careers and then
go on to teach into a ripe old age. However, they are the exception rather than
the norm. Most often and, in fact
very commonly, dancers become injured near the end of their training (which can
last up to eight years), and are never able to complete it and enter into the
professional arena.
Of those who continue on, some are injured a year or two or three into
their profession.
Classical ballet has it's origins in the
in the Italian Renaissance courts
of the 15th and 16th centuries. Early ballet was participatory, with the
audience joining the dance towards the end.
In the late 17th century, Louis XIV founded the Paris
Opera within which emerged the first professional theatrical ballet
company the Paris Opera
Ballet. The predominance of French in the vocabulary of
ballet reflects this history.
Theatrical ballet storytelling eventually became an independent form
of art, although still frequently maintaining a close association with opera,
and spread from the heart of Europe to other nations.
The word ballet comes from French and was borrowed into English around
the 17th century. The French word, in turn, has its origins in Italian balletto, a
diminutive of ballo (dance). Ballet ultimately
traces back to Italian ballare, meaning "to
dance".
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