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Offline Justinian

Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #70 on: February 03, 2026, 01:12:37 PM »
Quote from: Gray2023 on February 03, 2026, 12:52:14 PM
The problem with melancholy and scrupulously is that they sneak back in even if you are assured you are not offending God.  I say this because sometimes it is really hard for other temperaments to understand the pitfalls of temperaments they don't live.  You said you were a sanguine, sometimes I wish I could be like that or a phlegmatic.  They seem to not worry so much about what others think.  :cowboy:
I DO understand as someone explained to me the melancholic temperament. I am told many traditional Catholics are melancholic. It’s hard to get the balance between being too liberal but also not having religious OCD ie being too scrupulous. 

I’m very sanguine. I don’t even mind being insulted I tend to laugh… very difficult to offend. But I do need to be careful nit to joke about important things. My husband is choleric.
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Offline Miseremini

Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #71 on: February 03, 2026, 01:13:28 PM »
What is the difference between ballet and ice dancing (other than what they wear on their feet)?...similar/same moves, similar/same costumes.
Most Catholics would consider ice dancing immodest so why not ballet?
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Offline Gray2023

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #72 on: February 03, 2026, 01:35:51 PM »
Quote from: Miseremini on February 03, 2026, 01:13:28 PM
What is the difference between ballet and ice dancing (other than what they wear on their feet)?...similar/same moves, similar/same costumes.
Most Catholics would consider ice dancing immodest so why not ballet?

So couples ballet and ice dancing have similarities that require lifts and poses that can be immodest.   Ballet dancing without the men looks more like the shen yun dancing.  

So for dancing to be ok  Do we agree?

1)The costume has to be modest
2) If males are involved there is minimal touching (only safe areas like arms)
3) the moves should not be sensual.
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Offline Pax Vobis

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #73 on: February 03, 2026, 01:39:02 PM »
Quote from: Justinian on February 03, 2026, 12:42:09 PM
You sound very lovely and you’re trying to see both sides of the debate, of course there is bad intent in some dance (erotica and some burlesque and the ‘dance’ in nightclubs aimed at generating hook ups!) I think have a chat with your priest if you know one you trust who is sensible and don’t take notice of the puritanical opinions of many of the people on this group!!
There is nothing puritanical about condemning ballet for gross immodesty.  A few popes have said the same.  You’re in the opposite end of scrupulously, which is having a lax conscience. 
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Offline Gray2023

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Re: Is Ballet Immoral?
« Reply #74 on: February 03, 2026, 01:48:25 PM »
Ballet started with Catherine de Medici as entrainment for the nobility around the 1500s or 1600s.  Does anyone know if it was started to degrade society?  Is the Medici family good people or bad?

I will definitely say that as society moves forward entrainment loses its morals.  Dances now our way worse than they were 500 years ago.

AnthonyPadua, is there any form of dance that you find acceptable?
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