 the male dancer
written by Chuck at on 09.08. at 05:17:29 - as answer to: Re: ballet and gymnastics by Tom >>i've been doing gymnastics for six years now and my gym instructor says I should take ballet lessons to improve my floor exercise. I'm not so sure it would help as theres very little dance in the men's routines. The girls perform to music but we don't. My gym instructor has only basic ballet qualifications and has told me to find proper classes. Is it something worth trying and would it actually help?>It might very well. Ballet has been helpful in a wide variety>of non-dance activities. I've read that backetball players jump>higher if they've done ballet class. I understand that olympic>athletes frequently take ballet. I've also read that Knute Rockne>& Vince Lombardi also occasionally sent players to take ballet.>You can bet your bottom dollar it wasn't so they could imitate>swans on the 50-yard line. :-) So I would say, give it a try. You>may be surprised.>And you may discover you like it. I remember reading about a guy>in school who wanted to take gymnastics. The class was full, so>they suggested he try ballet instead. He said no way. The next>term, he tried again, the class was full again, they made the>same suggestion & again he said no way. The third time he gave>in & tried ballet instead. He said when he found out what it was>like, he stuck with it & never thought about gymnastics again.>Ballet can get in your blood.>Tom Parsons Answers to this message: |
