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What is the bar called the ballet dancers use?
It is actually called a barre.
What exactly is a ballet barre?
A ballet barre is a stationary bar or rail that is used by dancers, or specifically ballerinas, during warm up. There are two components to a ballet barre: the support mechanism (which grounds the barre) and the handrail itself (the part that the ballerina uses).
What is a barre?
A barre is a long wooden handle attached to a wall. Dancers use it for balance while warming up and doing stretches at the beginning of ballet class.
What is the name of a ballet rail?
A ballet barre. You start using it around grade 1 ballet.
How do ballet dancers train?
In a ballet class.Starting with Floor-work (lots of stretching and limbering-up, yoga-style). Then there's the Barre-work (ballet exercises with a long barre for balance) and finally Center-work (ballet exercises without the barre). The Center-work involves a lot of jumping, leaping, pirouettes and such.Cross-training helps. Yoga, Pilates, Swimming, Cycling and other such sports.
