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The Vaganova Ballet Academy presents this DVD of a character dance class taught by one of the leading dancers in the Kirov ballet company. From Hungarian, Russian, and Spanish, to mid eastern, every style of character dance is covered. Presented in the same classroom Vaganova taught in, several students demonstrate all the movements to live piano accompaniment. Fans and dresses are used by the girls as part of the dances. There is no slow break down of these dances. They are all performed full out with no explanation or corrections. Fifteen difference dances are shown in all. This DVD is not interactive but rather a video stream with no chapters.
This is a graduation class, by Character Teacher Yelena Sherstnieva, soloist of the Mariinsky Theater. It includes exercises at the barre such as Plie in the Mazurka Style, Rond de Jambes par terre in Aragon’s Jota style, Adagio for women in Spanish style music, among others. For the center it shows demonstrations of Hungarian, Spanish, Middle Eastern, Russian Dances, Mazurkas from the most famous ballets such as Raymonda, Swan Lake, Flames of Paris et al. Many times in a classical ballet performance, some movements seem not to belong to classical ballet, those are Character movements. We often see positions of the legs en dedans or even a twisted foot which is perfectly allowed in character dance or movements en dedans that end en dehors.
Duration : 0:1:25
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