Ballet Class Floor Exercise
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Ballet dancers start training around the age of ten if they desire to perform professionally. Starting earlier may increase their risk of injury in the future, as their bones and muscles are still maturing. Training does not end when ballet dancers are hired by a professional company. They must attend ballet class six days a week to keep themselves fit and aware.
Ballet dancers begin their classes at the barre, a wooden beam that runs along the walls of the ballet studio. Dancers use the barre to support themselves during exercises. Barre work is designed to warm up the body and stretch muscles to prepare for center work, where they execute exercises without the barre. Center work in the middle of the room starts out with slow movement and gets faster with each exercise. Ballet dancers finish center work practicing leaps and turns across the floor.
After center work, females present exercises on pointe, or on their toes.