What are ballerinas made up of to put those frail bodies and diminutive feet into long hours of practice and pain? If it is not deep love for the art, then what else must be motivating them? For such love to grow into passion, one must have seen enough live performances to be moved to such level of desire. That will not be easy as shows are not that frequent in any one particular region. A good substitute is a ballet dance video that a kid can watch whenever she wants to develop the appreciation that one needs to want to try getting into the harder levels of training.
Ballet dance training is tough. It may start out easy with plies, feet positions, port de bras (carriage of the arms) and some easy ballet steps but these get harder as one advances in levels. Mastery of the correctly executed basic positions is critical as it serves as the foundation of the ballet dance career. Videos are great tools that can help a budding dancer master the correct form. The strength and grace are developed with incessant practice and discipline for a long, long time. Some start as early as 3 years old; the earlier one start, the better to develop mastery as well as flexibility, endurance, discipline, form, strength and confidence.
One of the great things that modern technology has brought to the fore of learning and mastering ballet dance moves is ballet dance videos. These are not only providing entertainment to ballet aficionados, these are also inspiring budding and professional dancers. These function as great tools that help dancers improve in their craft as well as assist them in developing choreography for their own variations. ‘The Nutcracker’, ‘Giselle’, ‘Swan Lake’, ‘Sleeping Beauty’, and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ are just some of the well-loved classical ballet recitals that continue to motivate young performers.
There was a time when watching these ballet performances and dancing ballet were reserved for the select few of the society being expensive and inaccessible to many. These days, more and more schools are opening to provide opportunities to more interested young people. The use of ballet videos is making it possible for many schools to improve their instruction without resorting to hiring high-paying top performers to share their knowledge. Such would definitely increase the cost of tuition making ballet more inaccessible to the potential dancers with modest financial means. With diligence and patience, advance students and ballet instructors can instead use a ballet dance video as an alternative source of learning and information.
Online videos can very well effectively help any trained dancer to get better with work. There are videos that teach basics as well as techniques and tips for performers. The online videos are vital resources that make up for weak instructions caused by less qualified instructors. These can be used to enhance instruction and pick up techniques and tips relevant in a dancer’s quest for perfection and mastery. With various variations that an interested learner can view online, one can easily make comparisons and choose the ones that a dancer feels most comfortable with. These are, however, just serving as references; one needs to develop one’s variation or interpretation that can make the performance one’s own.
Wonderful and colorful performances are great motivational tools for young kids who are starting to learn on pointes. Pain and hardship vanish when their spirits get sufficiently enthused seeing rousing performances with dancers seemingly and effortlessly floating on their toes. These videos can be used before ballet dance classes start or while waiting for the teacher and the other students. There are also videos for proper warming up and correct exercises to improve the strengthening and toning of muscles of the dancers.
A ballet dance video can mean a lot to ballet instructors, students and performers alike. For the inspired it is a source of handy tips and techniques to further hone their craft. For budding dancers, it is a motivational tool that sustains their waning drive when the routines just get too tough. For young kids, it sows the seed for early appreciation that is hoped to grow into love and passion given the sustaining power of lessons, practice and supportive family.