Vaganova Academy Ballet.
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This is from Diana and Acteon just incase some of you were wondering :)
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@chun25011 My old ballet coach used to teach in my current conservatory's old building, which had wooden floors in it. His students covered the bottoms of their shoes in powder, so they wouldn't slip (and it works pretty well)...not water (which would probably make it actually more slippery, as you said), but I do agree that it does give you a better work out than on a wooden floor. Sooo I guess that's another benefit of it. I never said it made training worse....it's just harder to turn on.
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@snooze22jen No, the harder to turn on the floor, the better training we are having! On wooden floor they put on water to make it harder to turn but it doesn't work well! It's a SCHOOL, a place for work and for training not a place for performance and showing off. When we are trained on hard floors, then we build up our force for the turns and it's actually very good for dancers! In the Paris Opera Ballet School, they use super sticky floors and it's not even flat!! So it's designed for that :)
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@snooze22jen We use these floors in Australia as well and I agree that they are much harder to turn on than wooden floors. Luckily though for some reason the studio where we hold our exams still has wood flooring.
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Wow!!
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@Ginnyclass I'm from America. They use the same floors as in this video. It's sort of annoying because it makes it harder to turn than dancing on a wooden floor. They say that covering is made to protect cement and untreated wooden floors. Some people say it actually makes it easier to dance on. I object. It's safer tho than a wooden floor. Vaganova is world famous tho. I'm sure they know what they're doing.
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@danzamore they dont do this at vaganova or bolshoi... perm is one of the most old fashioned and they JUST changed it too so...
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OMG the floor seems horrible to dance on... but the girls are great.
Thank goodness they have replaced the old wooden floor, and watering can, with a more modern surface. Looks newly decorated as well
Quiltinguk 8 months ago 14
i love the skirts :) they just float along :D
dancersarahh 1 year ago 9