the male dancer all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 149 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]About the B+ position.<p>Dr. Dancebelt and Bob said: ">Yes, it is named after Mr. Balanchine."<p>Then what did the Russians (who use it in pictures from the early 1900's) call it? "Preparatione?" I don't doubt that Mr. B. brought it over, but I really believe it pre-dated him (But I'm not sure...what year was he born?), based on old photos I've seen. Even Nijinsky used it.<p>anonymous, not being argumentative, just really interested in ballet history!<p><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]