Port De Bras vs Cambré, What’s the Difference?
Many dancers are often asked to execute various moves before they even understand the functionality of the moves they are being asked to do. This leads to bad posture, poor alignment, and in many cases, even injury. Port de bras and cambrés are one of those moves that dancers never get to spend much time on, and a misunderstanding of the of one of the fundamental
Why A Ballet Foundation Is So Important
If you have ever watched a professional dancer perform, you may have wondered how they accumulate their technique. The answer is pretty straight forward, it's through ballet. Ballet was one of the very first genres of dance and from it, other styles were born. While many professional ballerinas have to dance in pointe shoes, which are shoes designed so that you may dance on top of your toes
Great Ways To Stay Motivated To Dance
The number one issue dancers face as they start to dance more and more is staying motivated. When Monday morning comes around you might find yourself dreading ballet like you dread math class. In class, you may become frustrated, you may start to goof off and not take class as serious has you once had. This is when you lose focus and sight of why you started dancing in the first place.Whether it was your Mom who put you in ballet class at age 4, now you're
How to Sew Ribbons on Your Flat Ballet Shoes
Here at CCDA we follow the Vaganova Syllabus and with that we also follow the tradition of requiring ribbons on the girls flat ballet shoes. This is an old tradition from the Russian schools and maintains the age old femininity of the female ballet dancer. The look over all is very clean looking and put together, it is a staple of the Vaganova Method. The ribbons also offer support to the ankle, as they would on a pointe shoe and can help strengthen the ankles, while giving