What is the difference between contemporary and neoclassical ballet?

: What is the difference between contemporary and neoclassical ballet?
And how can I take neoclassical classes? At the moment I take ballet and contemporary and am starting jazz next year.

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Answer by lauren ☮
I’m a dancer too, I take contemporay, ballet, modern, jazz, tap and hip hop.
All the styles just help you progress. So just do as many classes as you like, it really helps.

Answer by mintchip49
Contemporary isn’t really a dance class you can take, unless you mean competition contemporary dance. To dance real contemporary dance, you take ballet and modern and the choreographer makes a contemporary piece using those skills. There is no “set” contemporary technique. Concert contemporary dance requires strong ballet and modern training.The second link is to a Juilliard piece choreographed by Sidra Bell. Juilliard is contemporary focus and they have ballet and modern classes for their dance majors. No “contemporary” classes. Contemporary can be danced barefoot, en pointe, sox anything the choreographer wants. Here are some examples of contemporary ballet.

Balanchine is referred to as the father of Neoclassical ballet. This is an example of neoclassical ballet:
Neoclassical ballet is always danced en pointe for the women.