Nutcracker's Tips and Tricks

Hi my lovely dancers! Today, I am going to talk about   the pillar of the dance. Do you have an idea? Classical dance of course ! "Old" of more than four centuries, it is the heir to the court dance practiced by the kings and queens of France and Italy. The great ballet masters gradually established its vocabulary. It will be enriched through contact with different generations of choreographers.  The favourite activity of crowned heads From the Renaissance onwards, the European royal courts began to dance. Italy is a pioneer in the art of dance. Dance masters codified the steps and wrote the first treaties on dance teaching. In France, François I introduced dance to the court. Increasingly complex ballets were choreographed. These were balls in which each participant performed very elaborate geometric figures.  LA RÉPÉTITION GÉNÉRALE DU BALLET (THE BALLET DRESS REHEARSAL) BY EDGAR DEGAS, 1874, MUSÉE D'ORSAY, PARIS The Triumph ...

Hi my lovely dancers!  Today I'm going to introduce you a big name in the world of dance: Rose Repetto. What a delight it is to slip your toes into a pair of Repetto...! Seventy-three years after its creation, today it is the reference brand in dance. Its city ballerinas have also become a cult.  Start in maid's room In 1947, Rose Repetto, mother of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, made her first pair of ballet shoes at her son's request. She set up in a small workshop on rue de la Paix, a stone's throw from the Garnier Opera. The ballet shoes are sewn inside out and then turned inside out for more comfort and aesthetics. She quickly became a great success and dancers from all over the world ordered her ballet shoes.  And Brigitte Bardot created the ballerina... In 1956, a rising star in the film industry came to Rose Repetto. A dancer turned actress, the young Brigitte Bardot dreams of a city shoe as supple and comfortable as a ballet shoe. For...

Hi my lovely dancers!  Today I'am going to give you some good tips in order to choose the right ballet shoes. That's what best symbolizes a ballet dancer, isn't it? Even if they are painful, they make aspiring ballerinas dream, eagerly awaiting the moment when they can slip their feet into those satin shoes.  BALLET SHOES, PHOTO BY DANSECLASSIQUE.INFO The short story At the beginning of the 19th century, many dancers started to dance on "pointe". The Italian Amalia Brugnoli and the French Geneviève Gosselin were the first to attempt the experiment. But it was Marie Taglioni who popularized them in the Sylphide in 1832. Romantic ballet emphasizes the spikes that make the dancer more airy and lighter. In the twentieth century, the slipper began to change to become the one we know today with reinforced soles and toes.  Anatomy of a pointe shoe The toes are satin slippers, lined in canvas with a leather sole.  The toe , on which the ...