Why do ballet dancers dance on their toes? Why doesn't the company just hire taller dancers?
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KagomeShuko
ANSWERS: 5
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Soon they'll be dancing on 1 leg......... In tribute to the flamingos.
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the ballet dancers are just trying to peep and see you hidden in the audience
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The use of pointe in ballet is not to make the dancers taller but rather to give them the illusion of floating, gliding, even flying briefly which is why the male dancer support of the ballerina is so inportant in creating that illustion. The pointe shoes just add to it.
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Even if the company did they aren't going to be able to do some of what ballet dancers do on pointes.
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Pointeman was spot-on. I would just like to add: Initially, ballet dancers did not stand on their toes. They stood on the balls of their feet, much like one would to peer over a ledge. However, it looks much more graceful and completes the lines of the legs of the ballet dancer better if they are in pointe shoes. Pointe shoes are shaped aesthetically, so, like I said, they complete the lines of the leg, making it look more perfect.
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