 Ballet beyond tradition: the role of movement concepts in ballet technique.
Author: Paskevska, Anna Published: 2005 For nearly a century, the training of ballet and modern dancers has followed two divergent paths. Modern practitioners felt ballet was artificial and injurious to the body; ballet teachers felt that modern dancers lacked the rigorous discipline and control that comes only from years of training. Though dance kinesiologists and students of human motion have studied both techniques, their findings have rarely informed the teachings of either. Ballet beyond technique seeks to reconcile these old-age conflicts and bring a new awareness to ballet teachers of the importance of an holistic training regimen that draws on the best that modern dance and movement-studies offers. | 
