Hello everybody,
I'm a new poster here, and just a regular guy. I must admit that I don't have any special love for ballet, and probably only have seen one or two just for a girl.
Anyways, I have a question about whether or not the following should be considered ballet. There was a recent story in cnn: http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/01/...s.ap/index.html
To me, I don't think its fair to label this as ballet, especially since they've 'limited' some of the movements expected. Just from a physics standpoint, it seems that they probably have eliminated most of the leaps and lifts. How does one determine whether or not something is ballet or modern dance. Are there certain movements that you need to incorporate before one can call it modern dance? Even though I wouldn't normally go out and watch ballet, I still respect all the hard work that those professionals have gone through. It just seems to be PC gone amuck, where anybody can call itself ballet.