What is the name of the ballerina man. Ballerina in the big city. She is a ballerina, he is a “ballerina”? "In every musical theater there are people who are personally known to all the artists: they are the ones who especially zealously shout "bravo" after each performance and receive free

Very often, male ballet dancers are called ballerinas! But there is no such word for a man who dances in ballet. Ballet dancer - dancer. The word "ballet dancer" has a disparaging connotation, and a self-respecting artist may even be offended when he hears it addressed to him.

It is also often mistaken to assume that almost all ballet dancers are gay. For some reason, it is believed that only women and homosexuals can dance in pantyhose and lift their legs high. But the fact that ballet dancers are physically quite strong and hardy men somehow falls out of attention. The subjective opinion of some does not take into account the fact that many dancers have 2, 3 children and strong families. Or there is no family, but mistresses - a whole harem from the corps de ballet "Swan Lake" with Odette at the head. There are, of course, among the dancers those who admire the beauty not of a ballerina, but of a neighbor in a men's dressing room, but this is not a rule, but, like in any other society, rather an "episode".

Men don't dance in pantyhose. The lower part of a men's suit is called a leotard. The leotard tightly fits the dancer's legs and demonstrates to the public all the reliefs: why not show the beauty of trained and strong legs in all its glory?! Bodybuilders, for example, generally demonstrate to the judges the achievements of their bodies, smeared from head to toe with oil, in the same thong, but for some reason their masculinity is questioned less often.

In modern productions, men are less likely to take the stage in tights. Leotards are a tribute to the tradition of classical ballet. Previously, men went on stage in knee-length pantaloons, hiding what noble ladies were not supposed to look at in a lorgnette. The first to violate this ban was Vaslav Nijinsky. At the performance of Giselle in 1911, as Albert, he appeared on the stage of the Mariinsky Theater in only tights and a short shirt, forgetting to put on trousers (there is a version that he did this on purpose). The Dowager Empress Maria Fedorovna was present at the performance, and such a trick cost Nijinsky a place in the theater. Since then, Nijinsky has toured with S. Diaghilev's Russian Seasons. The forgotten pantaloons were nothing compared to the scandal at the premiere of his ballet The Afternoon of a Faun (1912), where Vaclav unequivocally and with a slight tremor in his body performed an imitation of copulation in front of an astonished audience.

Nijinsky's connection with influential men is known for certain, but this does not mean that everyone who has since danced in tights automatically becomes part of his "team". Nijinsky, by the way, after a same-sex affair, married a woman, Romola Pulski, and had two daughters from her. But Vaslav's sister, Bronislava Nijinska, on the contrary, after breaking up with her husband, began to prefer women, and in many ballets staged by her, this predilection can be traced. So, in the ballet Lani (1924) there is a duet of two women with a direct allusion to same-sex love. In those days, same-sex lovers did not declare themselves from the stage as openly as they do today. 20-30 years The 20th century in ballet was truly innovative.

Now men dance not only in tights, but also on pointe shoes and “in full dress” in accordance with the standard image of a ballerina: a tutu, false eyelashes, tiaras. There is the "St. Petersburg Men's Ballet of Valery Mikhailovsky", consisting exclusively of men dancing and women's parts too. It was founded in 1992. Even a very virtuoso ballerina can envy the pointe dance technique performed by these dancers. With all their outward imitation, Mikhailovsky's dancers do not try to become women. They do not shave off the hair from the torso, do not enclose the chest. They remain men in female form and do not seek to make a parody of the female dance. Reincarnating in a female image, the dancers want to demonstrate their virtuosity and versatility at a high professional level to connoisseurs of male dance. The predecessor of the Mikhailovsky ballet was the men's ballet Trocadero from Monte Carlo, which appeared in 1974. Trocadero, in contrast to the St. Petersburg ballet, parodies women's dance and ballet with its centuries-old traditions in its performances, also very professionally, technically and in pointe shoes.

In standard troupes in some ballets of the classical repertoire, men also appear in female characters. For example, the Stepmother in Cinderella or the Fairy Carabosse in Sleeping Beauty. These parts are characteristic and require sparkling acting skills from the performer. Most often they go to the tallest and most courageous dancers. So down with the stereotypes and throw out the word "ballerun" from the lexicon. Dancer - that sounds proud!

Without a doubt, ballet is the main art form that represents our country at the international level. And at the same time, the world of ballet, which lives according to its own laws, is hidden from the eyes of strangers. Thanks to this, many legends associated with him appear.

Our editors have collected the most common stereotypes and asked Igor Tsvirko, the premiere of the Hungarian Opera House and former leading soloist of the Bolshoi Theater, to comment on them. About bloody legs, shards of glass in pointe shoes and clackers - in the material of the Moscow 24 portal.

"A woman who does ballet is a ballerina, and a man is a ballet dancer"

Of course not. The word "balleroon" does not exist at all. A man doing ballet is either a ballet dancer, or a dancer, or (as I like best) an actor. But my son came up with a new name - "ballerinas". He says, since mom is a ballerina, dad must be ballerinas. This word amuses me, and then, as I was told, in Spanish "ballerina" means just a ballet dancer.

"Ballet dancers and ballerinas are forced to diet for life, eating water and salad"

This is fundamentally wrong, and if you ask ballerinas, they basically eat everything - they have meat, chocolate, and cakes in their diet. The Bolshoi Theater has its own bakery and pie shop, where they make delicious pies with cherries, apples and cinnamon - many also love them very much. After the premieres, we can afford both champagne and a glass of wine, so there are no restrictions, because physical activity compensates for everything. In general, everyone monitors his internal state himself.

"A real man will not go to ballet, only homosexuals work there"

This is actually very stereotypical thinking. In our profession, there are indeed a lot of people of non-traditional orientation, but to a greater extent this is probably typical for Western teams. In Russian teams, this is not welcome. I would say that the dancers in our troupes are men who do an art called ballet. I don't know what others think, but I'm proud to be traditional in this art form.

"Ballet dancers retire at 40, while ballerinas choose not to have children because it could ruin their careers."

As for the fact that ballerinas prefer not to give birth, it happens differently for everyone in life. Someone finds his prince early, the person with whom he wants to spend the rest of the time that we have allotted on this planet. Therefore, there are ballerinas who give birth at 18, and there are those who give birth at 36 or even 47, so there are no rules here. A striking example is Diana Vishneva. She first made an amazing career, and not so long ago gave birth to her son Rudolf. In any case, no career and no ballet can compare with the feeling when you have a baby.

As for the pension, if the body allows, you can still stretch up to 40. Artists such as Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle, Ulyana Lopatkina are people of unique abilities and gifts, so it may be a little easier for them to keep themselves in proper ballet shape in order to continue dancing at the turn of this age. Often the term of a ballet dancer is 18 years for a corps de ballet and 15 years for a soloist. After 15 years of service, you can get a pension certificate, but at the same time you continue to work as long as the theater and the director need you.

"The world of ballet is so closed that ballerinas and ballet dancers prefer to create families exclusively in their environment"

This, rather, is not due to the fact that people are closed, but to the fact that we do not have enough free time to visit some places. Our work is intense and takes up all the time, and when you have only one day off a week, you prefer to lie at home.

Sometimes a person from the outside, who lives an ordinary life, does not understand why we sacrifice our time, emotions, does not understand our faith in what we are doing, so sometimes people from ballet face certain difficulties. Therefore, if it happens that people find like-minded people in our field, often this is a very strong and strong marriage.

"Ballet dancers do not have days off and holidays. In order not to lose shape, they must practice every day"

We have days off, in troupes it is one day. At the Bolshoi - Monday, at the Stanislavsky Theater - Tuesday. In western-style troupes - either one or two days off. Paid vacation - 56 days, but often tours are organized during this period, so there is additional work.

Even when we have a vacation, people can lie around for a week, but then they start to warm up, so often artists do something on vacation - they pull the twine, pump the press, someone runs in the morning ... In any case, they do physical loads, because when you have been working for 11 months, you can no longer take and lay an eggplant on a lounger - otherwise it will be difficult with the beginning of the season.

"The world of ballet is cruel. To eliminate competitors and rivals, the most cruel methods are used, up to broken glass poured into pointe shoes"

The world of ballet is really cruel, but it also has its pleasant moments. Of course, not everyone can cope with that, rather even psychological than physical, load. But in order to get to the point that people poured glass or ruined costumes ... I heard about this, but I didn’t come across it myself, it’s hard for me to say from my own experience. I am a kind person, and I never thought of doing something bad for the artists. On the contrary, if only to support, because everyone who prepares a performance or dances perfectly understands that a person prepares, tunes in and puts his soul into his work.

Rather, such things can be seen in the movies to enhance the dramatic effect and sense of competition. But in general, it can be compared with sports: if an athlete prepares for the Olympics for four years, and then participates in it, for the artist, "preparation for the Olympics" ends with graduation, and it itself lasts until you leave the ballet .

"However, in ballet, broken glass is not necessary, because everyone who practices this art knocks their legs into blood"

Men don't, but ballerinas do, because they dance in pointe shoes. By the way, this is another common misconception: everyone thinks that men dance in pointe shoes, but this is not so. We dance in pointe shoes only if the role requires it, as in Alexei Ratmansky's ballet The Bright Stream. Ballerinas really wipe their fingers into the blood: this happens, because due to constant intense friction, corns appear, which then burst - in general, everything, as it happens with ordinary people. It just happens more often with ballerinas.

"In every musical theater there are people who are personally known to all artists: it is they who especially zealously shout "bravo" after each performance and receive free tickets for this. Artists respect and fear them, since not only their success, but also and complete failure

Such people do exist, they are called "clackers". These are people who are much louder than ordinary visitors, clapping and shouting "bravo". Often they go too far and do it too deliberately, so that it begins to annoy not only the audience, but also the artists themselves. But I would not say that the artists are afraid of them: I believe that in any case, what you danced to will be slapped on you.

Liza Minaeva

ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS OF THE KOSHCHEY QUIZ from 11/12/2009.

1. TO BURN, A LIGHT NEEDS EL ______ (full word)
E l e kritchestvo.

2. "Hippo" means: swamp pig, water horse , dry whale?
Water horse.

Although hippos spend most of their lives in the water, they are poor swimmers. In most cases, they do not swim, but move along the bottom of the reservoir on foot. For which they got their scientific name - hippopotamus, which in Greek means - "water horse".

3. A man who does ballet is called a BALLERUN? Not really
No.

Do you know what ballet dancers are called? That's right, ballerinas. And ballet dancers are called that - ballet dancer, or dancer, because there are no words for ballerun in Russian!

4. Is there a country named OCEANIA? Not really
No.

Oceania is not a country, but a region - that is, simply the common name for the world's largest cluster of islands (about 10,000 islands) in the central and western parts of the Pacific Ocean. But Oceania cannot be called a country, since the islands included in this concept are themselvessovereign states.

The total area of ​​Oceania is one million square kilometers! The largest islands in Oceania are New Guinea and New Zealand. Most of the islands of Oceania are resorts of fabulous beauty and climate.

By the way, when you are asked to name the parts of the land, you should not say "Australia", but correctly - "Australia and Oceania". Otherwise, most of the globe will remain unaccounted for!

Correspondent at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of Belarus Naviny . by I learned firsthand what ballet dancers wear under tights and why it is believed that there are many gays among them.Read about the pregnancy of ballerinas and one day off a week in our 10 facts.

To figure out which rumors about the Belarusian ballet are true, and which ones are pure fiction, to the correspondent Naviny. by assisted theater artist Gennady Kulinkovich with assistant ballerinas.

1. Are ballet dancers fragile and fluffy?

Hearing: In one performance, the ballet dancer lifts and carries about 2 tons of weight.

Truth: Physical activity is really big. On stage - it depends on the production, of course - a ballet dancer, a man lifts a ballerina many times. In modern productions, all you do is raise and set, raise and set, raise, circle, set. If you count the number of lifts, then yes, two tons is a real number.

In addition, ballet dancers rehearse and practice a lot. This is also a burden. We have rehearsals every day, except for the weekend, which is once a week. Plus performances.

2. Ballet dancers get sick more often

Hearing: Due to heavy loads and constant diets, ballet dancers get sick more often than others.

Truth: The ballet rehearsal halls of the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus are equipped with bactericidal lamps, like in a hospital. In winter, when the flu starts and other viruses appear, an individual worker turns on these lamps for half an hour to disinfect the room. It is very important that diseases do not spread: we all work in close contact, we train and rehearse for many hours. If someone brought the disease, then it is neutralized.

3. Occupational illnesses in ballet

Hearing: Legs are the most painful place on a dancer's body.

Truth: This is partly true. Occupational diseases of dancers are diseases of the joints. In ballet dancers, the bones at the big toes protrude, the joints become inflamed, naturally, they hurt. Women also have this disease, but it is caused by uncomfortable, tight shoes that deform the foot. For ballet masters - constant loads on the fingers and forefoot: many movements in ballet are performed on toes.

The second common class of health problems is organ prolapse from constant jumping. Everything is individual, but often the kidneys, heart, and other internal organs fall, which subsequently put pressure on the bladder.

4. Young pensioners

Hearing: Some people think that ballerinas retire too early.

Truth. Ballet dancers legally retire after 23 years of work experience. Maternity leave does not count towards seniority. As a result, ballet dancers become young pensioners. However, many of them do not actually go on a well-deserved rest: depending on the state of health, retired dancers work as tutors, teachers, directors, stage workers, costume designers, etc.

Interlocutor Naviny. by Gennady Kulinkovich is two years away from retirement. In the future, the dancer also plans to teach.

5. Abnormal operation

Hearing: Ballet theater artists have two days off a week, like ordinary citizens

Truth. Ballet dancers work 6 days a week. The only day off is on Monday. During the summer, due to the fact that the audience migrates to summer cottages and to the sea, the day off at the Bolshoi Theater is postponed to Saturday. The female part of the troupe is happy about this: finally, there is an opportunity to spend time with the family. Men grumble: when the day off is on Monday, you can at least relax and not do household chores.

The working day for ballet masters is also abnormal in the understanding of an ordinary person: from 10:00 to 15:00, then a three-hour break, after a break, work resumes at 18:00 in connection with evening performances. The official working day of the ballet workers ends at 21:00.

A long break is necessary so that after morning training and rehearsals the body has time to rest and recover before evening work.

For young dancers, this is convenient: you can study during the break. Gennady Kullinkovich, for example, received a higher choreographic education in this way. But now he sees little pluses in this schedule.

“With such a schedule, it is very difficult to arrange a personal life. Look at me: 38 years old, and no family, no children. All life in the theater- says Gennady.

6. Are ballet and children incompatible?

Hearing: Due to the requirements for appearance, ballerinas have to give up motherhood.

Truth: It is really more difficult for ballet dancers to start a family and children at the height of their careers than for representatives of other professions: the work schedule also affects, and the fact that postpartum recovery of form takes time and effort. So girls use two strategies: either start a family and children right after school / university, or postpone it until they retire.

Despite the unfavorable circumstances, there are ballerinas in the Bolshoi Theater of Belarus who have two, and some even three children.

“We, just like doctors and teachers, combine work and pregnancy. We plan, go on maternity leave, recover and work further. This is the business of each individual artist, but during pregnancy - the sooner you leave the dance activity, the better for you and the unborn child. This is associated with risks: here you need to bend, jump, you can fall and get hurt, ”- told website Bolshoi ballerinas.

“We are the best mothers, wives, and we also know how to dance and tiptoe around the kitchen,”- ballerinas joke in response to a question about the specifics of family life.

7. If he dances in ballet, then he is gay

Hearing: There are many gays among ballet dancers.

Truth: This is a common stereotype, says ballet dancer Gennady Kullinkovich. We no longer respond to it. So they say about all the men who dance. It is born from a misunderstanding on the part of the viewer: how can men remain indifferent and calm surrounded by so much beauty and nudity. After all, the audience often gets backstage, and the men are shocked: everyone changes clothes here, the intimate parts of the bodies are at arm's length ... And we are already used to this and react as something normal. So the viewer thinks that men in ballet are gay.

8. What does the dancer have under the tights

Hearing: Dancers don't wear underpants.

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Truth: They talk more about the underwear of male artists than about the underwear of ballerinas: the viewer under the snow-white tights, to his surprise, does not see the expected outlines of underpants.

Gennady Kulinkovich said that the dancers have their own secrets. Manufacturers of dancewear meet the expectations of artists and produce seamless models of special underwear that is invisible under the costume - bandages. Special clothing for dancers is sold by a store located near the Bolshoi.

9. Meat in pointe shoes

Hearing: Ballerinas put meat in pointe shoes to reduce foot injury.

Truth: Do not put meat. There are more modern ways to protect the legs. Ballet firms produce special half shoes that cover only the fingers. They are silicone. Someone does not enclose anything - it is already convenient for him. Silicone liners for pointe shoes are not produced in Belarus, they are made in the USA, China, and Russia.

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For a year, a ballerina wears 5-10 pairs of pointe shoes, depending on the load. Some artists have their own pads - volumetric copies of feet made by masters, according to which pointe shoes are made to order.

10. Dancing pays well

Hearing: Artists earn a lot.

Truth: Everything is relative. Salaries of ballet dancers depend on the position in the troupe: leading stage master, soloist or corps de ballet dancer. Also affects the number of scenes worked out in productions. For each exit, points are awarded, which are kept by a special theater worker. The value of points for each dance is its own, standard for all artists, it depends on the complexity and duration of the performance. The amount of points received affects the award. So, the salary of a corps de ballet dancer is around 120 rubles, and the premium accrued for performances can exceed it several times.

Photo by Sergey Balai

Many adults do not know anything about ballet and find it boring. Most often, they even find it difficult to answer what a man is called in ballet. Meanwhile, this is an exciting activity in which there is a place for a person of any gender.

Ballet for men

There are no problems with ballerina girls. But what is the name of a man who dances ballet? A simple analogy will help you understand the terms. After all, there are artists of the theater, cinema, opera. So it's easy for boys. They are ballet dancers or dancers.

Now it’s clear what a man is called in ballet. In addition to ridiculous words, a lot of stereotypical ideas stuck to men. Someone considers them weak, someone overly feminine. But the truth is that dancing for many hours requires remarkable stamina. And to keep a partner on outstretched arms is a real test of strength.

famous men in ballet

The following dancers have made a significant contribution to world culture:

• Vaslav Nijinsky is still considered one of the best dancers in the world, although not a single recording of this artist from the early 20th century has survived.
• Rudolf Nureyev, already at the age of twenty, became a soloist of the Mariinsky Theater thanks to his incredible charisma and skill.
• known throughout the world for his emphatically masculine manner of dancing.
• Mikhail Baryshnikov was so famous that he was mentioned in his works by Joseph Brodsky and Stephen King.
• George Balanchine is an artist of Georgian origin who laid the foundation for all modern American ballet.
• Maurice Béjart is one of the greatest choreographers of the 20th century, bringing together the traditions of ancient, classical and modern ballet.

This should be known:

• Men's leotards, tightly fitting legs, were introduced by the French monarch Louis XIV. He personally loved to dance as part of a troupe and believed that such beautiful limbs should not be hidden from the audience. In addition to emphasizing the beauty of the legs, leotards also perform purely practical tasks. They are very comfortable to move in.
• Men never dance in hard pointe shoes. Instead, they prefer soft shoes. By the way, if you call these shoes "slippers", any dancer will be very offended.
• Ballet dancers do not follow such a strict diet as, for example, actors. The fact is that daily dancing for many hours in a row is a huge physical activity. Extra pounds simply do not have time to appear, but you can feel the lack of calories.
• Dancers should not pump up their muscles too much, they will look ugly on stage. However, a ballet class can successfully replace training in the gym.