How Do You Learn Body Positions For Advanced Ballet?
If you’re ready to take ballet to the advanced level, begin with the advanced positions to put all the movements together. Warm up and learn the positions correctly to ensure that you execute a flawless technique appears effortless and natural. Have a good “Turn Out.” A ballet dancer’s legs should turn out from the hip to show off the muscled shape of the leg. Turn the back of the thigh inward while the inner part of your thigh faces forward. The foot will then point outward. Do not turn the ankle to achieve this. Strike an “efface” position. Effacé simply means your legs or arms are in open alignment with each other. If one arm is up, the other will be down to the side with one foot back. You should have a beautifully angled tilt to your head within the alignment. Cross one leg in front of the other for a “Croisé” placement, or crossed alignment. The hip of your forward leg goes toward the audience or the front of the stage. This usually is done in the fifth and fourth leg positions o
