Getting More Flexible and Basic Ballet Technique
June 20, 2012 by admin
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Article by Dianne M. Buxton
Getting More Flexible and Basic Ballet Technique – Art – Dance
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Ballet dancers need to get more flexible, and work relentlessly to improve their classical dance technique. Precise basic classical dance moves and positions will help you increase flexibility, even if you never practice ballet stretches. Truly, dancing ballet correctly decreases tension, increases turnout, heightens leg positions, and achieves elevation in allegro. Even without the perfect ballet body, your potential to dance is greater with a good ballet technique.
When I reflect on the limitations I have seen in the potential of dance students to develop fully, it almost always is related to early training in ballet that developed excessive muscle tension. Incorrect basic positions contributes to muscle tension, because the muscle groups work against each other.
For example, if the pelvis is tucked under, or allowed to tip back, the fantastically (potentially) strong back muscles are working against the power of the quadriceps, or large front thigh muscle formation.
Another example, if the demi plie is forced, and the weight of the body drops back, tension increases at the front of the ankle and the tibial or shin muscles. This will lead to injury – shin splints, or extremely painful inflammation of those muscles. Re-training then goes right back to correct standing posture and release of tension.
Dancers do a lot of stretches, in the barre work, after the barre, and after ballet class. If a dance student has gathered tension all the way through class, these stretching exercises do not help them get that much more flexible.
However, if posture, turnout, plies, and leg extensions are done with correct tension and alignment, then the body is ready to get more flexible with stretching exercises.
Every plie elongates the calf muscles, if the body weight is centered, and the turnout is held in the rotator muscles, and the feet are able to relax and spread on the floor.
Grands battements express the ballet dancer’s flexibility at the end of a barre where tension release is achieved during and in between the exercises, if basic ballet technique is correct.
At that time, careful, slow, and calculated stretching will actually increase flexibility of the big muscle groups.
If you have not had the ideal ballet training, you can still improve a lot. Get more dance education and push for your full potential. Learn the safest way to get more flexible, and get tips to improve your basic ballet technique.
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Dianne strives to help you learn how to execute better ballet technique, dance ballet in pointe shoes, understand basic ballet positions, increase your ballet turnout, and learn ballet stretches at her ballet blog.
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Dianne strives to help you learn how to execute better ballet technique, dance ballet in pointe shoes, understand basic ballet positions, increase your ballet turnout, and learn ballet stretches at her ballet blog.
Use and distribution of this article is subject to our Publisher Guidelines
whereby the original author’s information and copyright must be included.
I was bored (again) and decided to do another video! Once again, constructive criticism is appreciated. 😀 Also, let me know if you have any questions about the stretches shown. 🙂 *Note: There will be another pointe video coming within the next week featuring one of my best friends!
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