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Yeah, for a few months now, I think I have reach the balance point with them.Now Jimin can play the pied Piper and I react to it more calmly.

Why is the Earth revolving around the sun and not the opposite?Actually Earth is neither revolving around the sun nor is the sun revolving around Earth. They are both revolving around a common balance point. The position of this common balance point on a virtual connection between Earth’s and the sun’s balance points is determined by the distribution of mass between the two objects. The higher the mass of one object compared to the mass of the other object the closer the common balance point is to the more massive object’s balance point. The sun’s mass is approximately 330.000 times the mass of Earth, therefore the common balance point is very close to the sun’s balance point, far inside the sun itself.Simplifying this it is reasonable to say Earth is revolving around the sun because the common balance point of said revolution is much closer to the sun’s balance point than to Earth’s.

It is very physically demanding and hard on a dancer's body. I studied for about 11 years, 3 or 4 of them on pointe. By the time I stopped studying, I was wearing ankle braces and knee wraps on both legs during every practice. Moleskin and Nu-skin are a dancer's best friends and were always applied liberally on the toes before putting on pointe shoes. I highly recommend you check out the link Joshua Engel posted in his answer. My feet never got quite that bad, but they were a bit ugly.Have you ever walked up 5 flights of stairs? Know how your legs start to burn a little bit? Imagine doing a solid hour of exercises that constantly have you supporting your weight while trying to balance or continuously doing squats while balanced on your toes. The stair example is the best I can think of for people who haven't studied ballet. Leg strength and flexibility is key to preventing serious injury.I'm sure you've seen dancers who do pas de deux, "dance for two". Looking at it you would think it's the man doing all the work, lifting his partner, catching her, guiding her. It is just as hard for the woman and requires quite a bit of upper body strength for her as well. When her partner is holding her simply like so:(credit: Dance/Ballet Photography :: Peter Werner)She is keeping her upper body at the correct angle to help keep the balance point. Also, look at his hand holding her leg. She has to keep pushing against his hand to keep her legs at the proper angle.And think of this iconic lift:I have personally done this lift and it is very hard. Yes, my partner had to grab my hips in the right spot and use some of my forward momentum to muscle me over his head, but I had to have my arms and legs positioned and held correctly to help stop the forward momentum once I was up there. And that balance point is very hard to hold. Yes, we practiced on very thick mats for a while until we were sure I wouldn't face plant. There were a lot of tumbles though. Not fun.People tend to misjudge how much strength, stamina, and sheer will is required to dance ballet because the best dancers never let you see anything but the ethereal image they are trying to portray.