Do men and women use the same dance techniques and moves in ballet?
Hi, great question, and I’m happy to help. Obviously, the foundational principles and techniques — how not to become overbuilt, which muscles to train, how to do this and this step properly without hurting oneself, etc — are the same between men and women. Essentially the technique is the mostly the same between men and women. It really is amazing, though, the huge difference there is between methods — especially in this aspect. I’ll talk about two methods of classical ballet today: Royal and Vaganova, since they’re the ones I was taught foundationally. The Royal ballet does not have many steps that are different as Vaganova, other than variations on steps and turns. For example, men are usually expected to jump higher than women. They are also expected to be able to turn better (although we both know that’s not nessecarily true at all ;-]). However, these are not huge differences and do apply to many of the methods of ballet. And obviously, there are some steps that women just don’
