How to be a Classical Ballet dancer
To know how to be a ballet dancer the first thing is to set goals that you want to achieve. For example: if you are looking to have a more flexible body, you can complement your ballet classes with exercises focused on improving your range of motion. It is best to concentrate on a specific goal and not try to try to achieve everything at once and end up overloading yourself, or even worse, exposing yourself to injuries. The evolution in ballet is a long process, so it must be patient and constant.
The ballet requires to have very specific physical canons and, apart from this, it is necessary to perform very thorough interpretation exercises. It is a sport that combines the physical part of elite sport and the part of interpretation required by art. It constantly seeks perfection and, since excellence does not exist, we have to get as close as possible to that.
Favorable physical qualities to be a professional Classical Ballet dancer
Becoming a ballet dancer is a highly competitive and demanding achievement that requires many qualities to succeed in this delicate art form. One of the most important sets of qualities that aspiring ballet dancers need to possess is a solid foundation of physical attributes. Among these characteristics, there are several key characteristics that stand out for being particularly beneficial for ballet dancers.
First of all, ballet dancers need to have excellent flexibility, balance and coordination to perform the intricate movements and positions that are required during presentations. In addition, endurance and physical endurance are crucial for ballet dancers, who must be able to dance through long performances, rehearsals and training sessions without getting tired too quickly.
Other important physical qualities for ballet dancers include strength in the legs, feet and core, as well as grace, agility and speed. Developing these attributes requires a lot of dedication, discipline and hard work, but with enough effort and guidance, aspiring ballet dancers can develop the skills they need to succeed.
Professional dancers have to maintain an adequate weight according to their height, both the neck and limbs must be long and stylized.
They also have to have flexibility in the back, the hip part has to be open, it forms over the years, with a bone capacity that can allow the opening of the legs.
As the body develops, it changes. The waist is usually very narrow because in ballet they are constantly closing the ribs and breathing in a special way. The hips are narrow but inside they open. The muscles of the legs do not widen, but lengthen, since all the dancers work the muscles by lengthening it and not the other way around.
The myth of the ideal physique for ballet
The success of a dancer is not determined at birth, but has to do with her ability to know her own body. There are dancers who are born with many of the physical attributes so desired in the world of ballet (like those mentioned at the beginning of this article) and there are other dancers who are born with fewer of these attributes, but no one is born with the "perfect body". References will always be heard about the ideal physique for ballet (especially in the professional field), but that does not mean that all these physical characteristics are necessary to become a good dancer. The essential thing is to learn how to use the technique in your favor to overcome and supply certain aspects of the body.
We know that the classical ballet is a form of art that was born to express beauty. The body of a dancer needs to move with agility, softness and express itself without apparent effort. But this has nothing to do with his weight, it has to do with his technique. However, it is necessary to keep in mind that, unfortunately, in a professional context, this topic is still going through a slow process of deconstruction and it is common to see ballet companies looking for bodies with this super thin pattern or super athletic.
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