History of Ballet

The first style of dance I will be talking about is Ballet. Ballet has been around as early as the 15th century, and it originates in the Italian Renaissance. Ballet can tell a story, it can express emotion, reflect a piece of music or simply show a choreographed set of movements. Ballet is a physically brutal art that puts the dancer into unnatural movements for the human body, and requires the alot of commitment, willpower and strength. A well put together Ballet puts the audience into a "fantasy world" providing an illusion where the dancers seem to have no gravity when they leap, turn, or go up on their tippy- toes. Although to get it to that point you have to acquire the technicality and difficulty so the audience can have the sense of emotion while watching the performance that the dancers are trying to portray.
Louis XIV brings French ballet back to life. When he was younger he used to take part in all the ballets in his court. In 1661, he established the first ballet school l'Académie Royale de Danse, to train dancers to perform for him. Around 1670, Pierre Beauchamps developed the five ballet positions.

Which you will see in the next post with a attached video!

My personal dance experience

I have been enrolled in dance ever since I was three at Anita's Dance Center in Muskego, WI, from ballet, tap, and jazz, rotation classes once a week to a full seven days of dance after shcool and on weekends. When I was younger I didnt think to much about dance, because what can you do at the age of three pretty much just stand there and try to comprehend what the teacher is telling you.
Throughout the years I have grown to love dance and make it my passion and continue to strive to make myself better. I always remember my instructor asking me who wants to be a dancer when they grow up? When I was around the age of 10, and I heard that question I never raised my hand because I didnt think of dance as such a serious thing. Now when we get asked that question I raise my hand because I have realized after being on competition team and traveling to dance conventions and hearing proffesional dancers stories makes me think about my dancing and how much I really do enjoy it. With my 15 years of dance experience it has allowed me to grow and look at past and present dancers and have their stories impact me, now it is my turn to do that to you. With my blog I hope I can draw dancers in and show them the past history and present styles of dance.

Getting to know me

Hello my name is Katlyn Kelenic I am currently a student at Waukesha West High School enrolled in a Writing for Publications class. Our assignment is to create a blog about a topic you want to talk about, we are assigned to do 18 blogs but I believe I will continue this blog after the assignment is over because I feel strongly about my topic. What is my topic you might ask? Well it is a topic that interests some, not all. My topic is Dance, I will first talking about my dance experience and then go into the history of dance as well as lessons of different styles of dance and attach videos to learn from.


Enjoy!