Ballet

Ballet

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Ballet
  • Foundation-Advanced: Introduction to pique turns tutorial

    Episode 1

    Purpose: This video breaks down how to do pique turns, or pique passe. It covers spotting, foot placement, balance, and across the floor movement

    Focus: Basic technique, spotting, first position, retiré, turnout

  • Foundation-Advanced: Introduction to chaines turns tutorial

    Episode 2

    Purpose: Learn how to do chaines turns from the prep position, foot placement, spotting, and muscle engagement

    Focus: Basic technique, arm position, foot position, head position, spotting, foot placement, turnout, artistry

  • Beginner-Foundation: Basic ballet port de bras tutorial

    Episode 3

    Purpose: This video works on the ballet basic arm positions, and leads skaters through a port de bras, or continuous carriage of the arms.

    Focus: Basic technique, port de bras, artistry, arm position, choreography, expression, lines, pcs, program component score, ballet

  • Foundation: Off-ice wide second position plie pulses

    Episode 4

    Purpose: These plie pulses in second position help skaters build their inner thigh, or adductor muscles, which are needed for external rotation and turnout

    Focus: External rotation, adductors

  • Beginner-Foundation: Bras bas to fifth position basic ballet arm tutorial

    Episode 5

    Purpose: Learn the ballet basic arm positions from Bras bas through fifth position as well as cues to remember how to make the correct shape

    Focus: Artistry, arm position, choreography, expression, lines, pcs, program component score

  • Beginner-Foundation: Basic ballet feet position tutorial

    Episode 6

    Purpose: Learn the basic ballet feet positions in this tutorial, as they are a building block for all of dance and can help skaters learn choreography.

    Focus: Artistry, turnout, foot placement, extension, line, pcs, ballet, first position, second position, third position, fourth position, fifth...

  • Foundation: proper turnout drills

    Episode 7

    In this video, Danielle demonstrates how to find how to find natural turnout position, and a few exercises that help safely develop more turnout.