Ok, ill answer my own question. <P>I think that ballet will evolve and change, as nothing ever stays the same. It has changed soo much from the 'trational' times already. <P>Yes, i also think that women will become more powerful within their bodies, like grace said. But there is only a certain limit to how far you can go in one 'deirection'. Once you get beyond that point you start to revive things from the past, or maybe start something completely new.<P>About more men being involved in ballet, maybe this will be the case. But i think it was men who traditionally started ballet, and it was a 'men' thing back in those times, but the women just took over. But in the future maybe men and women will have equal competition. Or maybe there will be 2 kinds of ballet, ballet will be split in 2, and there will be one for men and one for women, to try andget more men involved again. But i think it will be unlikely. <P>The age at which the dancers retires, depends on how much pressure they put on their bodies. If ballet keeps going in the direction it is going, dancers will start to retire alot earlier than what they are now. e.g in their 20's. I think that is rediculous, but anyway. Already dancers are retiring much earlier. Like Anna pavlova retired when she was 52, and Morgot Fonteyn retired when she was in her 50's, or 60's. But dancers today are retiring when they are 30. Only half the age. <P>I think computers will have a HUGE impact on ballet, if it keeps going like it does. In the technique aspectg, i think dancers will start using computers to improve their technique. e.g, filming themselves doing a dance, downloading it to the computer and seeing if there are any flaws in it. If there are trying to fix them and then doing the process again. Also in the stage department. They can have movable images in the bg. e.g the water of the lake in Swan Lake, can have ripples while the dancers are dancing. Also, they might not even need to paint the bg's anymore, just have a computer image. <P>Well, this is just what i think MIGHT happen.<P><p>[This message has been edited by -Elizabeth- (edited October 18, 2000).]
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