What is a ski ballet?
Long considered the form of freestyle skiing, ski ballet once enjoyed the status of inclusion in the Olympic competitions. Despite the fact that it is no longer performed at the Olympic Games, sport still has the legions of fans. Many credit Olympic skiers Suzy Chaffee with the invention of the form. For the first time, Chaffee made a complicated line of turns, jumps, leg transitions, rolling and roles that form a choreography associated with it at 1968 games.
originally performed with a small or no musical accompaniment, the ski ballet did not actually limit the time that could be devoted to routine. However, as soon as the form caught and became the basis of the Olympics competition, the performance was limited to 90 seconds with background music.
Chaffee, as a well -known freestyle skier, continued to promote ski ballet or ski dance outside the Olympics. Incorporating techniques into exhibitions that would provide plowing around the world a lot to popularize this concept. Over time, enthusiasts createdEven local ski dancers' clubs began to develop their own routines based on the foundations created at the Olympic competitions.
The period between 1972 and 1984 was perhaps a time when the ski ballet had its highest public profile so far. Part of the popularity of Chaffee, but also partly to the fact that it was both demanding and artistic form of skiing, the ballet began to find a new mainstream audience outside the Olympic competition. People who were never near skis were no longer a sport for ski enthusiasts or Olympic fans, began to note and found that the art form was really worth watching and followed.
until the end of the 80s. The place of ski ballet began to decline as a regular competition at the Olympics. In 1988, he was presented simply as a demonstration sport rather than an event. The same applies to the 1992 Winter Olympic Games. Yet art still prosper in manyand parts of the world. Now renamed ACROSKI, the art form continues to seek new devotees and creates even more clubs around the world. As an example of grace and skills, it is certainly for a long time.