FrankH Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Most of you probably know this already, but the Northern Ballet class is live on Youtube at present. Forgive me if this has been noted elsewhere. Moderators please cancel this post if that's the case. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sim Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Moved to this more appropriate thread! Many thanks for the info, Frank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lisa O`Brien Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Why are /were some of the females wearing pointe shoes during the warm up /Barre? Not seen this before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankH Posted December 11, 2018 Author Share Posted December 11, 2018 The live transmission is over, but still can be viewed at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj2I7TrWWNo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 1 hour ago, Lisa O`Brien said: Why are /were some of the females wearing pointe shoes during the warm up /Barre? Not seen this before. Sometimes some of the ladies in NB do the whole class in pointe shoes. It has always been this so I have never wondered why. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Quite normal to wear pointe shoes for class if a professional dancer feels that is what she needs. All ladies in Balanchine's classes were expected to wear pointe shoes for class and warm up before if they needed to. In one of the companies I worked for in France females were also expected to wear pointe shoes for class and this was fairly common. It is the soft blocks that I think are a waste of time, no professionals use them. It is soft shoes or pointe shoes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 (edited) 4 hours ago, Lisa O`Brien said: Why are /were some of the females wearing pointe shoes during the warm up /Barre? As others say - perfectly normal. Notice how other dancers are wearing just socks or warm-up bootees, not ballet shoes (soft or pointe). It's whatever works for the individual dancer, what performance roles they're preparing for, and so on. Edited to add: Thank you for giving us this link - I"m so enjoying watching this class (in between boring paper work) - the barre work is really interesting, seeing Ms Ichino's teaching approach - it's a class that looks so lovely & juicy for dancing bodies - I find myself wanting to do it with them! Edited December 11, 2018 by Kate_N 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EverHopeful Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Thank you for posting this, I just watched the whole thing! Feeling inspired Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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