BALLET AND THE BRAIN, THE KEY OF ANY SUCCESFUL PROFESSIONAL DANCER



Have you ever asked yourself how a ballet dancer can learn a choreography? Usually, it requires 10.000 hours of practice to become an expert in any field. However, how can a ballet dancer memorise and execute so many different steps and styles? Especially, nowadays due to the great versatility a professional dancer is required in a prestigious international company, dancing a wide range of repertoire: from the gems of classical ballets by Marius Petipa to the avant-garde styles of choreographers such as Wayne McGregor, Akram Khan, Edward Clug or Crystal Pite. The answer is in this video developed at the Royal Opera House Ballet and the Brain: The Science of how dancers learn choreography with Gemma Pitchely-Gale, First Artist of the Royal Ballet as the narrator of it as well as the support of the teaching staff of the St Mary´s University in London. Usually, it is a combination of different factors such as visualization, breathing, self-talk, neuroplasticity, as well as the use of the mirror and motor neurons, which activates the necessary muscles in a precise moment. Nevertheless, if you want to know more about it, you can explore it yourself.


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