All About Ballet

[FantasyLandDreams]

phtthp:

on exam day -

if a girl has short hair, no need to bun up hair : ok ?
or still need to ?

Last year my girl had short hair and teacher helped her bun it up. Teacher says it is better to bun it up so that it is neater and requested her to keep long hair for this year.

[FantasyLandDreams]

Oh My Gosh:

The route to ballet is not as \"cutsy and fun\" seeing the cute girls dancing around. That's why many girls dropped out of their levels the higher they go. Below are some pictures (some can be quite gruesome) of blisters on the girls' feet when doing pointe. I know the mother of a girl who made regular appointment with her family doctor remove her toenails, so that pointe can be done better.


Ballerinas out there... you have my admiration :)!

https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=blis ... d=0CBoQsAQ

Remove the toenails, SERIOUSLY?! :yikes:

[FantasyLandDreams]

micollh:

dd thigh n calf r thick too.. sob but muscular.. not soft soft type..

I have the opposite set of problem, sighs. Ballet teacher says my dd is too skinny and that her upper body muscle is weak as a result. Hence she tend to look more wobbly and has advised her to put on more weight. Teacher say as they go up the grade, upper body, thigh and calf is muscular is better. I have been pumping her food but unfortunately she is still skinny, maybe due to the \"Jia Liao Bi\" genes in my family?!

[micollh]

FantasyLandDreams:

micollh:

dd thigh n calf r thick too.. sob but muscular.. not soft soft type..

I have the opposite set of problem, sighs. Ballet teacher says my dd is too skinny and that her upper body muscle is weak as a result. Hence she tend to look more wobbly and has advised her to put on more weight. Teacher say as they go up the grade, upper body, thigh and calf is muscular is better. I have been pumping her food but unfortunately she is still skinny, maybe due to the \"Jia Liao Bi\" genes in my family?!

:boogie: each has its concerns man ! but, thks for sharing on that. din know it's \"useful\" to have those muscle.. tot it's not that nice for girls..

[Honesty]

FantasyLandDreams:

Oh My Gosh:

The route to ballet is not as \"cutsy and fun\" seeing the cute girls dancing around. That's why many girls dropped out of their levels the higher they go. Below are some pictures (some can be quite gruesome) of blisters on the girls' feet when doing pointe. I know the mother of a girl who made regular appointment with her family doctor remove her toenails, so that pointe can be done better.


Ballerinas out there... you have my admiration :)!

https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=blis ... d=0CBoQsAQ

Remove the toenails, SERIOUSLY?! :yikes:

Yea... can be quite gruesome... go watch the ballet documentary on First Position...

[Essential]

Best wishes to all DD taking ballet exam in April 2015 … cheers.

[bebe]

Honesty:

Gr 6 - 8 has no pointe work but more on romantic style.... only intermediate foundation onwards that require pointe...

Hmm...My gal is doing G6 this year and is now doing pointe.

[bebe]

micollh:

FantasyLandDreams:

[quote=\"micollh\"]dd thigh n calf r thick too.. sob but muscular.. not soft soft type..

I have the opposite set of problem, sighs. Ballet teacher says my dd is too skinny and that her upper body muscle is weak as a result. Hence she tend to look more wobbly and has advised her to put on more weight. Teacher say as they go up the grade, upper body, thigh and calf is muscular is better. I have been pumping her food but unfortunately she is still skinny, maybe due to the \"Jia Liao Bi\" genes in my family?!

:boogie: each has its concerns man ! but, thks for sharing on that. din know it's \"useful\" to have those muscle.. tot it's not that nice for girls..[/quote]Yes, mine is also the muscular type..her flesh is solid solid type..not the \"diong diong\" one..but then still not nice..scare she will have carrot legs in future. I remind her to do more skipping to grow taller and also stretching exercise so as to balance up the overall posture and look nicer.

[Oh My Gosh]

FantasyLandDreams:

Oh My Gosh:

The route to ballet is not as \"cutsy and fun\" seeing the cute girls dancing around. That's why many girls dropped out of their levels the higher they go. Below are some pictures (some can be quite gruesome) of blisters on the girls' feet when doing pointe. I know the mother of a girl who made regular appointment with her family doctor remove her toenails, so that pointe can be done better.


Ballerinas out there... you have my admiration :)!

https://www.google.com.hk/search?q=blis ... d=0CBoQsAQ

Remove the toenails, SERIOUSLY?! :yikes:

I am as shocked as you when I hear this... but her DD says after 3-4 \"removals\", she is very used. Maybe like we ladies doing Brazilian wax or plucking eye brows - the pain threshold just gets higher :rotflmao: Jokes aside, it is still amazing as girls go up the ballet grades (the higher they go shows their real interest for ballet), the number of hours and how much efforts they took in mastering their ballet steps. My friend DD spent at least 3 hours every day stretching and dancing her ballet.

[Honesty]

bebe:

Honesty:

Gr 6 - 8 has no pointe work but more on romantic style.... only intermediate foundation onwards that require pointe...

Hmm...My gal is doing G6 this year and is now doing pointe.

Hmmm.... that's strange :scratchhead: . My DD is currently at G6 too and has already completed the syllabus (no pointe work so far) waiting for next month's exam.