Ballet turns

Get a highly detailed home study manual to improve ballet technique, which will make all this easier. Traveling, in a series of pirouettes,ballet fouettes, or turns a la seconde, is a problem of strength holding the postural plumb line. If the movement is not perfectly vertical, the turns will travel and flounder. source. Here are 7 highly effective tips to examine your technique for fouettes and turns a la seconde: Postural Plumb Line Standing sideways to a mirror, do a few press ups in…

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Correct turnout sets the stage for the majority of classical ballet's beautiful movement. But poor or incorrect turnout can limit your range of movement and cause knee problems. Simply put, turnout is the basis for all ballet positions,...

Here’s another great terminology sheet from Constanza Murphy. This one breaks down the most common turns used in ballet including detourne, chaine, pique, soutenu, and fouette. It also includes a review of en dehors and en dedans – important for every ballet dancer to understand.

It's important to get dancers (especially little ones) started learning important dance vocabulary early on! Here's a list of ballet terms for beginners.

Since Baryshnikov demonstrated a laconic eleven pirouettes, mre than twenty years ago, dancers and dance students have become obsessed with turning multiple times. Gone are the days when a perfectly performed double pirouette en dehors on pointe was the norm. it is now well and truly passé (excuse the ballet pun). READ MORE

These 5 positions of the feet, legs, and arms, which all classical ballet technique is based upon, were developed in the 1600s. Learn more.

Consistent turns are a must for aspiring professional dancers, but pretty much everyone struggles with pirouettes at some point. Luckily, since we're all beholden to the same rules of physics, there are concrete steps every dancer can take to reach his or her top turning potential. “Three is the new two when it comes to pirouettes, but the secret to turning is technique, not magic," says Bojan Spassoff, president and director of The Rock School for Dance Education in Philadelphia.

Ballet Spin

From time to time different training aids and products hit the market designed to give dancers an advantage and improve on what nature provided.