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Tools of the Trade: Ballet #1: The dance belt
I figured I’d start with a juicy one! Men wearing dance-belts The dance belt is an undergarment worn by all classical (and most other) male dancers. It is shaped as a slip, although with a thong back,...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #2: Pointe shoes
A dancer uses all kinds of shoes, depending on gender, style and need. I will start by letting you in on the most famous one, the loved, and trust me oh, so hated pointe shoe. First of all: IT IS WORN...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #3: Mirrors
Dance is esthetic movement. What is nice (and what’s just crap..) is of course up to each and every one of us to decide for ourselves, but one thing is sure: The dancer has a clear vision of how he or...
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Tools of the Trade: Ballet #4: The universal shoe
On tools of the trade: ballet today: the ballet slipper, the soft shoe, or just simply: the ballet shoe. Made from canvas, with a leather sole, it is really not to much to say about this shoe. Yet...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #5 – Leotards
Picture taken from www.dancer.com - copyrighted, Used with permission Leotards are tight suits most commonly made of cotton or lycra. They are very tight to the body, allowing the most possible...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #6 – Floors
One of the great things with dance is that you don’t need any equipment to do it. A piano or a cd is enough, and some open space, and you got all you need. Although any floor will do, there is...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #7 – Second skin, band-aid’s
If you read my post on pointe-shoes earlier, you know that they are doing mean things to the feet of those wearing them. They push and rub and do whatever they can to make blisters, cuts and wounds....
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #8 – Rosin
Rosin is a transparent or translucent mass, made from the a hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, commonly the pine tree, called Resin. Not getting it? No problem. Do you know that secrete that you...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #9 – Barre
In the column tools of the trade: Ballet, I introduce a bunch of items that dancers use on a regular basis. Earlier, I’ve mentioned things like pointe-shoes, dance-belts, clothing, even studio-floors....
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #10 Underwear
Juicy post today, folks! Let’s talk about the little under. The stuff the audience don’t see. Let’s talk underwear! Although a ballerina in her underwear would be way more interesting, theres no such...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #11 – Costumes
Remember my post on dancer-fashion? Well, there is another aspect to what dancers wear, something quite different from studio-statements; Onstage, the clothes worn by the dancers are known as...
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Tools of the trade: Ballet #12 – Tutu
The tutu is one of the unique trademarks of ballet, hence deserves it’s own Tools of the Trade-post. It is in fact a skirt, or more correctly, several skirts, and has followed the development of...
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