Ballet Class Etiquette THAT NO ONE TELLS YOU🌹

If you want to boost your class confidence and stand out from the crowd, this video is for you! Today we have compiled ALL of our big (extremely rare) ballet etiquette tips and are going to be sharing them with you so that you can become that classy dancer. Ballet etiquette is often overlooked these days, but we believe that etiquette is imperative for the operation of the class and is a beautiful way to honor the art and the people you’re sharing it with.

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✦ T I M E S T A M P S ✦

0:00 Welcomeeee
1:02 The Importance of Etiquette
1:47 Section 1: Arriving to Class (late)
5:58 Section 2: Barre Etiquette
11:59 Section 3: Male Dancer Etiquette
16:17 Section 4: General Class Etiquette (center)
21:27 Section 5: Excusing Yourself
24:44 ~ c h e c k o u t o u r m e r c h ~
25:20 Section 6: The End of Class
27:27 Thank u for Watchinggg :)

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[juliaxxx]

Turning towards the barre is a form of respect, since the barre is your ‘partner’. When dancing with an actual partner, you also turn towards them instead of turning your back on them (literally 😂).

[armand]

Super excited for this. I started taking classes as an adult and there are so many little things that literally NO ONE TELLS YOU.

[meganknipe]

I had operations on both my feet in my 3rd (and final) year of tertiary ballet study….I had to sit in on all classes to observe and when casts were removed I did floor barre during classical ballet lessons for quite a while. It was the most valuable thing I could do and absorbed everyone’s corrections. By the time I had to attempt dancing, the one teacher commented on how she could see I was applying everything I’d seen and heard (even though my feet were weak) Watching class has great benefits.

[SolveForHue]

My little socially inept autistic heart is so happy ❤ literally having social cues/rules explained is such a godsend, that you!!

[sharimeline]

I haven't had the privilege to work with a live pianist since I was young. As an older adult without much talent (just undying love), I'm always in classes with recordings of music. If you are lucky enough to take classes with a live pianist, TREASURE THAT PERSON. It makes so much difference. Of course you can have a good class without one, but it's so much better with. Shout out to the ballet class pianists, we love you ❤

[francoislechampi]

Have been waiting for "say thank you to the pianist" for half of the video, good job ladies

[Swimmer]

I am a big burly ex-football player whose family loved the ballet when I was young. My mother loved Pavlova. Our house was filled with paintings of ballet scenes, e.g., Swan Lake. My point is I have always loved the ballet and I’ve been delighted with your videos, allowing me to appreciate the art further. Thank you lovely ladies.

[recitalsbyrebecca]

"Respect the Piano" is one of those helpful lessons that will serve ballet students well in all aspects of their life! Thanks for including a few practical tips about working with pianists. 😊🎹

[michelleshephard]

I am not a ballerina; but I loved this segment on etiquette. Being polite, thoughtful and respectful goes a long way in most careers.

[l.alexandra]

In all my years of training - from age seven until retiring I was never, ever late to class. In fact I can barely remember anyone being late to class. More important (!!!) you didn’t hit on dancer placements in the center. If it’s a professional class, your rank always determines where you get to stand. A Principal always stands in the front and the lowest members stand in the back - but also take your cue from a more revered dancer who may want to stand in the back because she’s just marking the class or only staying for a segment of class. Other times - especially at a more elite school - the teacher places the students in the front and/or center as a way to reward the better dancers. The strongest dancers with the best techniques should always have right of way. When doing a diagonal the same thing applies. Never talk or gossip in class, don’t hang on the barre while others are doing combinations. Never chew gum. I’ve never heard of anyone asking for a bathroom break. We always applaud the teacher at the end of class.

[southboundagain]

The thanks at the end! It just brought back memories of my ballet class as a child, where we didn't have a pianist, so we were all taught to curtsey and say "Thank you, Miss Theresa! Thank you, tape recorder!"

[chilanya]

sometimes i take class with less experienced dancers and then it's suddenly very obvious that these things need to be taught when you're a beginner, to make a class run more smoothly. not everyone has the awareness to pick it up by themselves.

[lizsbohodreamvlog]

I was taught that we turn towards the barre because the barre represents our “partner” (carrying over from the old court dances where it would be rude to turn your back on your partner before or after a dance).

[lizzylambardo]

As someone with asthma who grew up dancing, bring your inhaler into the studio with you and set it somewhere out of the way- whether that's at the front by the mirror, or the side of the room, or the back corner, wherever, put it there. You can ask the teacher, and usually, there's a spot they'd prefer you to put your inhaler in. I've been in some classes where water bottles in the studio were encouraged to keep people from actually leaving the room when they need a drink, and there's a space to put the water bottles. If your class is like that, put the inhaler there with the water bottles.

[esterdrass]

I am a new ballet nerd. Watching these videos makes me want to take classes, as an inexperienced adult. While there are no classes around me that offer these type of classes, these videos inspire me. I do already have a ballet barre in the basement, so I began YouTube classes. It's been very different for me. Working muscles that are, not worked out during the gym time.

[divab]

Also, if you are slower, do not stand in the front in center. Same goes if you are not sure if the combination. At the end of reverance, we always clapped for the teacher and then the pianist. That was taught in the very first classes.

[cherylodbert]

This is my 48 years in ballet, and I started as a very young adult. I enjoyed your tips because we were taught all those things, I took class at the University of Michigan and other studios in Ann Arbor and got excellent training from many different teachers through the years. Your video really included just about everything I could think of I really enjoyed it along with the clips of the excellent dancing

[marylee]

I'm also super excited about this topic! Young dancers, and oldsters who are new to ballet, need to know that ballet is not just another exercise class.

[emitch]

When I had taken classes at Robert Joffrey's NYC studio, the company came into my class. This was a time when Mr. Joffrey was living. A very unusual surprise to have the company suddenly enter just at the barre class to begin. All of us, dancers in class, stepped out and away from the ballet barre. The PRIVELEGE was ours to express our respect and courtesy TO LET the JOFFREY COMPANY DANCERS take the ballet barre. Though the ballet barre was crowded, the JOFFREY company dancers were certainly kind to acknowledge a place for us. Needless to say, the likes of Martine van Hamel and Rebecca Wright were a pleasure to see work. Van Hamel had feet of steel. Wright had a quadruple shank for her point shoes. When I had been a SUPER for one of Wright's lead in 'Petroushka, ' (she was with A.B.T., then) her point shoe's shank cracked. She had no challenge to continue on her point. I had fun talking with her after her performance, while she was removing her makeup. Also, sometimes, when a ballet barre is crowded, and the ballet teacher tells one to take the piano, is an indication of a dancer's center strength that the piano is rarely touched, as a ballet barre. The teacher sees this in a dancer. Such a quiet honor. The pianist knows, too.

[ninjacoughdrop]

I accompanied several levels of ballet class through most of my college years. It always made me feel so appreciated when the dancers would thank me after class. It was such a fun job!