Different Ballet Schools Around the World! Paris Opera, ,Vaganova...

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• JO

  @joyanngoddard2033 · 2 years ago

  The Vaganova school's emphasis on the coordination of head and arms and feet and the use of the epaulement produces a complete dancer with wonderful artistic expression.

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• LE

  @leilaruthe2 · 1 year ago

  You touched on it a little, but I'd be really interested to see a video less about stylistic differences between the schools and more on technical differences: differences in terminology, how different steps are executed, etc. Love this video!

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• CH

  @chloesophia740 · 2 years ago

  Love this video so much! Maybe a part 2 talking about ABT curriculum, RAD, Royal Ballet etc?!

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• ME

  @melisaroy6788 · 1 year ago

  This is Aurélie Dupont in the Paris Opera clip of the two girls in lilac outfits. Thank you for that video, very fun comparison! ❤

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• BR

  @brianne9 · 1 year ago

  As someone trained in RAD and with a stiff and short torso, I absolutely love the Vagonova style's expressive use of the upper body and wish I could emulate even a fraction of it.

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• CH

  @chazex_9718 · 2 years ago

  do you think you could at some point also address the cuban style of training? It seems to me that it's marketed as a mixture of all of the schools (considering it's later development I could see how thats true) but there still seems to be certain things setting them apart. Pirouettes for example, no one turns like the cubans, and I'm just curious because it's also somewhat of a lesser used/known technique, but we still see so many principals at the top companies who've trained under cuban instructors or instructors trained under that syllabus.

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• EG

  @eg-2585 · 2 years ago

  Wow, wasn’t too familiar with the La Scala school but they blew me away here. Their recent boys exam was incredible too.

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• AR

  @ariannepine3157 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I'm an adult that started ballet 6 years ago and have been trained in the Vaganova style. Whenever I try to follow along a class by a ballerina from a different school, it's like trying to speak a different language for me. I can't imagine myself trying on a different style, I love the expressive upper body and attention to arm and hands too much. Very useful if your extentions are not great, like mine 😂  All the while, as a spectator I appreciate all styles and schools, but my favourite would be La Scala for the freedom and lightness ❤

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• BE

  @Beane_the_RD · 1 year ago (edited)

  As an American “mutt” (a graduate of a Public Arts High School, in dance, with former-professional dancers {who danced all over this planet!} from a wide variety of techniques/styles as our teachers) my teachers were big on trying to incorporate ALL of these styles into our training.<br>Now I know what you are probably thinking—“how is that possible???”<br>Dogged determination and our teachers focusing on various aspects based on where the class was lacking throughout the school year.<br><br>Coming back from summer/winter/holiday break with sucky endurance? Crazy jump combinations and Grande Allegro to the max!<br>Slacking in core strength and decreasing musicality? Heavy focus on the adagio and (light) Pilates! <br><br>As we were American “mutts”, we were not purely beholden to any one Technical Syllabus and our teachers could be flexible as to what work was needed/had the freedom to discuss the various schools &amp; techniques and pick&amp;choose as to what to work on to strengthen feet/arms/back/épaulment/etc. (this included verbal quizzes on what each school’s technique focused on and why placement/technique was done in such a way for various steps &amp; combinations)<br><br>I’ve often heard that Balanchine technique called “American” style and I feel that this is not fair to the rest of us in the U.S. who have not trained in the style. <br>Yes, Balanchine was given carte blanche to do whatever the hell he wanted, to make dancers in his image (and he clearly did make dancers cut corners so that they could be faster/do crazy choreography/push the boundaries) but there are plenty of us who can differentiate the jazzy-ness of Balanchine versus the old-school Classicism of the old world schools/techniques.<br>Personally, the lifting of the heels and crab claw hands of Balanchine drives my classical self crazy (oh all the times my teachers went nuts if they saw the heels come up… *ever*!!) but I love to see how wild the choreography is in some of his works. <br>🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️ I get it—it’s a weird conundrum?!? but that’s just my opinion!

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• KR

  @kritee · 2 years ago (edited)

  Could you do a video on RAD syllabus and how it is different from the royal ballet school and also the vaganova method (i do rad and vaganova), i think it would be very interesting to hear your thoughts on the curriculum in general and how it differs from other styles :)

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• FR

  @frugalhousewife9878 · 2 years ago

  Very nice comparisons. I would love to see a later video with Bournonville method alongside something different, as it is such a unique style. I was primarily trained in RAD and I would say the RAD, French/Legat, and Italian/Cecchetti all teach rather square alignment and more contained arms than other schools. It can look rigid but also it is very simple and straightforward to learn. I also studied Vaganova, and I love the way it looks and the freedom and expressiveness of the upper body. I will say it allows for more leeway in alignment and sometimes that can be difficult to learn, so that one is not too square but also not too open or distorted. I appreciate the way dancers from any European school are able to act and look natural in the background (peasants etc.) which is not something you see consistently in American dancers. Their delivery is often a little flat or unevenly dramatic. I also think European dancers, especially Russian, usually learn music theory, and I feel this gives them a better understanding of the music and how to interpret it. I think it would probably also allow them to learn choreography quickly, since they would be able to read and remember music better.

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• CL

  @claudiatersigni2816 · 2 years ago

  Also please the vienna opera ballet 😊

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