The Importance of the Principles of Femininity and Feminism in The Development of Young Ballerinas
The Importance of the Principles of Femininity and Feminism in The Development of Young Ballerinas

Summary/Abstract: Many young ballerinas at the beginning of their adolescence and during the adolescence pass through physical changes. These changes in many cases come as a result of weight and body shape changes. Because they do not have a good support in managing these changes, they end up having mental or physical problems trying to maintain their weight by means of unhealthy methods. I propose that teachers come up with healthy solutions for the delicate period they are going through, not just with superficial pressures. I think that the two books "My Life" by Isadora Duncan and "The Second Sex" by Simone de Beauvoir should be mandatory reading for teenage ballerinas for a better knowledge of the development of a woman's body. The last part of this paper contains role building methods based on the information from the first two parts of this article combined with precious pieces of advice of the famous stage director Stanislavski.

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