Hi! I am a student from Taiwan and I am in my last year of university. In order to graduate my department asked each of the student need to write a paper. The thesis I am writing is to look deeper about the ballet basic standing--- fifth position.
Do you know any books or information about how the five standing positions came from? I know it was in 1661 Louis XIV established the Acad‚mie Royale de Danse, a professional organization for dancing masters. And the many steps and positions recognizable were recorded by the French ballet master Raoul Feuillet in his book Chorgraphie (1700). I can’t find this book in Taiwan.
I would like to know how they develop the foot positions.
Thanks for helping…
You can write to my mail: cloud22329@yahoo.com.tw
