Eli5: Why do dancers start with a “5, 6, 7, 8” count?

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Why is this and what’s the point? Why not just start at 1, 2, 3, 4?

P.S. I’m a ballerina

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Another funny example i haven’t seen yet is the length.

Most instruments if not all, you can jam that one or 2 notes (or “all” 8) and at any speed you can do it.

In dance however, one or two note is barely a dance at all, if that one note has a spin, repeating that same note doesn’t make you learn it well, only makes you dizzy.

Unless you’re going for a dubstep styled dance, one or two notes doesn’t really allow for a fluent dance most of the times. Moving takes time, can’t just jam more moves in a shorter timeframe lol.
8 is short but lengthy enough for quick repeating sessions to really hone it down.

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