Beyond the Confines of Classical Ballet -- Ballet For All

Ballet for all

As children, we may have wanted to take ballet and the resources were not in the town we grew up in. Or your parents may not have had the money. There are always those of us who may have been told we “don't have the right body for ballet.”  In my mother's case, she was in the middle of ten children, ballet was afforded to her older sisters, but not herself. 

This does not mean we have to lose something we may love.

Over time we still blossomed over the idea of dance. We are and have always been perpetually in love with dance, be it tap, jazz, musical theatre, hip/hop, or classical ballet. We are what would be referred to as a balletomane or danceomane.  Often classical ballet has confines around body, flexibility, height, to name a few.  Now we have the capacity to reach beyond the narrow narcissistic ideals of classical ballet. 

We can reach past disability, gender, body shape, and age!

Ballet for the mature adult is vital in so many ways

Ballet fills a hole in our hearts to know we are dancing, let alone dancing ballet.  Not to mention the numerous studies that have shown the importance it has on brain function.  Like the Ninja, we learn to sustain moments with a thought and control the body at will.

The hole that is filled by dancing can be profoundly vast, and the many complexities that ballet fills in our hearts is broad.  At times it has an indescribable deep personal meaning, others it is a sense of dance community.  One week it could be a tendu combination, the next will be a personal challenge to work on a passé.

Set aside how awkward we may feel as adults to practice ballet. To dance in a positive setting that encourages all aspects of inclusion adds a layer of thorough care to the training that is provided at Broche Ballet. The challenges are real and often can seem defeating.

But, in a positive setting anything is possible. 

Achieving goals and pushing through challenges within a classical art form turns us into living art.  Having this opportunity in a positive setting that welcomes life's diversity and is inclusive to the vast aria dancers will only produce positive results in the mature adult dancer.