Exercises Done On A Ballet Dance Bars

By Irda Kadir

The ballet bar allows beginners and novice dancers to do a variety of exercises to improve their posture and steadiness. The bar exercises come in many forms and involve foot and hand work.

As a ballet dancer, having a bar is important when you warm up and practice cardinal routines. The bars come in two varieties. Most traditional dance studios have the older wall mounted bars. These give more stability and poise when you are doing your warm ups.

The cardinal bar exercises are monotonous and extremely slow. This is however their main strength. The exercises help build strength in the dancer's feet and legs. They also help the dancers learn correct dance postures.

If you want to use a ballet bar at home, you should make sure that the height of your bar is at least up to your waist. Most portable bars have adjustable heights to suit the dancer's requirements.

The place you buy your ballet bar is also important. A good idea is to ask ballet studios about their suppliers. You can also ask novice dancers and teachers about their preferences.

Advanced dancers use the bar as partners before they actually dance with a male ballet dancer. The bar is also used to allow dancers to maintain their graceful poses and enhance them through thorough repetition.

When older dancers start doing exercises, the bar in an invaluable companion as it aids them with ankle strengthening exercises. The bar thus helps both beginners and advanced students to maintain their posture and steadiness on their feet.

Most wall mounter bars are made of metal or wood. The portable bars come in myriad colors and metals. It is wiser to choose light weight metallic bars in the portable variety. One must also pay special attention to the finish on both wall mounted and portable bars. The better its finish, the longer the life of the bar. - 31486

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