An innovative performance that makes beats with ballet...

There are a number of types of dance, tap for example, that rely on the feet not only making aesthetically pleasing shapes but also perfectly controlled sounds. A good tap dancer uses

himself as a musical instrument, creating syncopated rhythms and percussive phrases that respond and build on the accompanying music, often creating a pattern of call and response. Ballet is

not one of these dances. Its practitioners aim to float around the stage seemingly weightless, moving with great strength, grace and poise. But, try as they might, the dance is never quite

silent. If you listen carefully during a ballet, you’ll often catch the dampened thud of the wooden block located inside a dancers pointe shoes hitting the ground, a sonic by-product that

reminds us that not even these elfin figures can escape gravity.