Ballet Beyond Tradition

<p>For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of progressive training.</p><p><em>Ballet Beyond</em> <em>Tradition</em> seeks to reconcile these age-old conflicts and bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of a holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers.</p> Table of Contents Acknowledgements Potential and Kinetic Energy Fall Weight Recovery and Rebound Suspension Isolation The Practice Laying the Foundation Exercises at the Barre The Class Conclusion Glossary Bibliography