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written by patty              on 01.06. at 19:37:05>Hi! I am an aspiring Professional Dancer with experience that centers mainly around hiphop and a little bit of jazz. I would like to start taking ballet because I've lost quite a bit of flexibility since my growth spurt (I was in gymnastics for four years, then stopped right before the growth spurt). I'm not sure what to expect! Can anyone help with what to wear, differences between jazz and ballet movements, if I can use jazz shoes for ballet, and how ballet people get so toned!!! Ballet Attire and Jazz Practice attire are pretty much the same. The standard uniform, however, at many dance schools (usually the more professional ones) is a white tee shirt (think hanes) and black tights. Black ballet slippers are worn, and you can get away with jazz shoes for solo practice, but probably not for class and definatly not for performance. Jazz and ballet are different. In ballet, turnout is needed, which is the turning out of the leg from the hip (be very careful not at the knee or ankle, or you'll be heading right to arthritis and orthopedic trouble) so that your feet make a line for the professional or a "V" for beginners, with heels touching. Also, all movement in ballet is in the feet, legs, arms, head and sometimes in the shoulders. One tries to get the torso to move as little as possible. The hips are the center of balance, and they NEVER move unless in extreme backbends and leglifts. Tone comes from practice. Try holding your arms in forst position for ten minutes (which is no great amount of time for a good dancer) and you'll understand. Also balancing on one foot in those bizarre contortions that dancers do for three minutes also gives tone because everymuscle must be lifted in order to stabalize a lifted leg, a bent back, or another person. Answers to this message: 
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