A ballet bar is a horizontal handrail, usually wooden, that is fixed to the walls of a ballet studio which helps dancers by providing a means of stability and balance.
A ballet bar (or barre) is a handrail that is used for
ballet exercises. The term also refers
to the exercise that the ballerina performs at the bar.
Some of the more
popular exercises performed at a ballet bar are:
•
Plie (demi & grande)
•
Grande battement
•
Ronde de jambe
•
Frappe
• Tonude
Dancers use ballet bars to help improve their abilities and to use for warming up. Bar exercises help to improve the dancers skill and technique, as well as alignment, balance and flexibility.
Ballet bars should be 42 inches. Some are available as 42 inches than can be
adjusted to 39 inches.
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