balareena Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 (edited) Hi- I was wondering what is the normal height of a ballet barre . Thanks! -balareena- Edited April 13, 2005 by balareena Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted April 13, 2005 Report Share Posted April 13, 2005 We have all portable barres at my school and we put them at hip level or a bit above. I'm pretty sure that's where you're supposed to. Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 The "boilerplate" height for barres for adults is about 40 inches from the floor. Quote Link to comment
balareena Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 Thanks for replying. What does "boilerplate" mean?! -balareena- Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 doesn't it mean maximum? Quote Link to comment
Skye90 Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 At my school we have two barre heights. The top barre is for the taller people and the bottom one is for the shorter people. Our barre height is WAY about our hips....kellyisthebestintheworld, what do you do when you're on pointe? I find that if the barre is too low, you tend to lean on it?? Quote Link to comment
kellyisthebestintheworld Posted April 14, 2005 Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 well since we have adjustable barres we just measure where our hips are while we are on pointe, it only takes a few seconds and is super easy. There is this one barre that is really hard to move up, so I guess it just depends on what kind of barre you have. At my house I have a wall mounted one and I put it in between regular and when I'm on pointe. Quote Link to comment
balareena Posted April 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2005 I'am getting a wall mounted barre and it is not an adjustaible one. From what I've heard, it sounds like the barre goes around hip level. Thanks! -balareena- Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted April 15, 2005 Report Share Posted April 15, 2005 "Boilerplate" means "usual, average, everyday, common" and so on. Quote Link to comment
Guest dancer522 Posted April 17, 2005 Report Share Posted April 17, 2005 There are two heghts for barres at my school, but the taller one, which everybody uses unless they are a little kid, is definately above hip level. Why don't you measure the one at your school because that height would be what you're used to? Quote Link to comment
balareena Posted April 23, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2005 Thank you everyone for replying it's up on my wall!!! -balareena- Quote Link to comment
elizzy Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 At my studio, the wall-mounted barre has two levels. One is probably a little below hip level, and the higher one is about the height of my arms if I put them in second position and then lowered my hand a little to the barre (sorry, that made little to no sense). Quote Link to comment
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