Beginning Ballet Steps : How to Do Ballet Chaines Turns

[BalletGirl312]

see her 5th at 0:55? And at the begaining of every video, the lady says "a beautiful first" when she is turned in more than a begainer

[redlight5551]

her arm positions are horrible she needs a real guide or teacher

[helly7766]

That is um.... Quite worrying to say the least. EXPERT village??

[TitaniaSilk]

What the heck was that?! That wasn't a chaine. That was a disaster. I know six year olds that can do better chaines.

[totalblond42]

@Dunntosh um, i am in dance and we are doing Ballet at the moment and for our Chainees we start with our arms in third and our right pointed toe in front then we step, open our arms to 2nd and spin on relevai ( i am not exactly sure how to spell this :/) with our arms in first and yes we spot, but the thing is we do it like diagonaly across the floor not sideways or forward.

[Buondelmonte123]

Eileen O'Brien: "those are beautiful chainees." Well, she's lying, isn't she? I honestly think she wouldn't know a chainee if it came up and bit her on her ass.

[Buondelmonte123]

I saw the clip then I saw the comments. We can't all be wrong. I'm going to contact Youtube and get these videos removed.

[daddysgirl4567]

Okay, last time I took ballet lessons was when I was 7, and even I can tell you this was bad. She has freaking hitchhiker thumbs in her second positon! You're a ballerina, not a scruffy hobo looking for a ride!

[isaiahfiasco13]

@daddysgirl4567 Hey! Hobos have feelings too!

[serenaisgood]

errr turnout?

[TheRiaBart]

Oh,my dear lord! First possitions are terrible;second her arms are quite messin around when she's turning! They totally missed profesiion :D

[girlsdancers4]

this didnt help at all

[girlsdancers4]

will this work for beginners

[weaird0cat]

@girlsdancers4 NO NO NO Dont do this theys turns youre feet need to be glued together at all time and you're arms stay in first all the time.... Please do NOT take this video and try to do it its not the right way.

[girlsdancers4]

@weaird0cat ok thanks

[Buondelmonte123]

@girlsdancers4 Nope. Neither teacher nor pupil has a clue. Not a clue.

[iRideiHorse]

I don't know if what she's doing can even be called "ballet."

And what is that thing she's doing with her feet? It's definitely NOT a turnout.

[13hailbail]

this shouldn't be called "expertvillage" it should be called "amaturevillage" or "ihavenoideawhatimdoingvillage­"

[JustMe41ce]

when she was doing the actual turns her feet started at 5th. who does chaines in 1st?

[madfil2012]

I like how when she's only doing the positions she has to really think about it. It looks like she's thinking so much she might pop a blood vessel. Not to mention she doesn't ever plie

[likeafirstday]

and how about the leg ? so en dedans ....and I dont understand why u put this all videos ?? ok I do respect that you tech and talk right ..that how has to be but at least maybe some body can dance bit better and would be good to see that ..

wısh u best .

[Charity17022]

Chaines-nes! 

[Juventina1005]

god, are u all serious? if u don't no anything bout ballet stop commenting. THESE ARE CHAINEES. there's not just one way to do them, u can leave ur arms in first or slowly close them while turning or u can open and close them like presented in the video. that's because there are french, italian, russian...etc ways of teaching and not just one!

[GlenHelenGHOfeeder]

i was nervous and shocked! my second pointe class i was expected to learn chaines en pointe! it was insane! it was wayyyyyyyyyy too early, agree?!

[Juventina1005]

@GlenHelenGHOfeeder

u had just one class before doing chainees? ur right that's way to early. on my academy the girls have to stay a la barre for a long time before starting turning stuff in the middle of the room. they do piqué and echappé and then slowly start with piqué turns and so on. what a school is that ur attending?

[GlenHelenGHOfeeder]

@Juventina1005 Dance loft plus,there is only one pointe class at my school and most of the girls in my class had been taking pointe for 4 or 5 years. i guess my teacher didnt want my to just sit around and do nothing.

[Juventina1005]

@GlenHelenGHOfeeder

no offense, but that doesnt help you anyway. its not the right reason for trying out things which are designed for more advanced students. its even more dangerous cuz your ankles and joints are not strong enough when u just started and u could easily hurt your feet. i really dont wanna talk ur teacher down, but maybe u should give yourself more time and only do what u consider right and suitable regarding ur skills. ;-)

[GlenHelenGHOfeeder]

@Juventina1005 i know it doesnt really matter now because we didnt even do them the next few following classes, but i agree completely.

[KalexCullen]

My chainees are kinda like that, 'cause my teacher is crappy, but isn't this one supposed to be an expert? And aren't the arms supposed to be in first all the time?

[BalletBum7]

i have actually been taught both..to turn with legs in first or with the thighs squeezed together but second position is NEVER involved! also, in variations you will find that chaines are fast and if you keep opening and closing your arms they will only slow you down. Keeping them closed with your fingertips touching is the best way to keep your center..which she clearly does not have at all.

[WinxMichelle]

Expert Village ? Their Not Really Experts You Know ..

[Hamstringmaster]

these are extremely wrong.

in ballet, arms stay in first and your feet NEVER seperate.

this is one of the worst videos ever.

[Marcsa1996]

her 1st in 2 high

[xjackybx]

it seems to me that people should not attempt to teach ballet over the internet...

[ok2try2dance]

I find it rather amusing that most of the negative comments come from people who can't spell. Seriously.

She is NOT too fat to dance. Being anorexic does not make you a better or more competent dancer.

If watching "shitty" videos all day and picking other people apart is your source of entertainment, I suggest you volunteer at a dance studio for the underprivileged to better use your free time. And, maybe, get someone else to critique your ballet skills besides your mommy.

[htclvr123]

ummmmmmmm, just no.

[liddlmau]

O my...turn out the feet, spot better, lower your first position hands. Try learning ballet in a proper dance school. If this teacher cannot see that your basics are wrong, then you should be learning elsewhere.

[pyemans]

bad footwork *SERIOSLY*

[Uniquestylez01]

Another note to add...lol...

I was taught twhen executing the turns , try to keep feet in 1st position on Releve.

Her feet are a mess...Its like a bad 5th position & she needs to work on balancing..

My instructors would be appalled!!

Take this video down, please...lol..

[MakeupTeen94]

you can tell she's putting all of her weight forward while turning, which is very bad.

[pomegrante15]

this was a good demonstration but the arms dont usually move unless its a "working chaine" but they should stay together .

[Dunntosh]

These are soutenus en tournents.

Chainees need 3 key ingredients:

1. You need to spot.

2. The arms need to stay in first while turning.

3. The legs should be in a third or fifth position with the centre of your 'core' (torso, head and abdominals) balanced over the legs, although they can be performed in first (rare circumstances).

However, this could be a different syllabus, although I highly doubt there are syllibi out there doing chainees like that. I could be wrong though.

[KnittyGrittyNatch]

Dunntosh's comment was very helpful, unlike this video.

[Uniquestylez01]

Indeed.....hmmmmm

[acotw67]

ATROCIOUS.

[Balletxlove]

haha

[kmm144]

chaine turns need to keep arms in first and your feet need to be right underneath each other with straight legs...not stepping in second and opening in second!

[MarissasWorld]

:O!!!

[Free411]

shouldnt she mention spotting. i mean thts kinda important too so u wont get all dizzy and fall over lol. i think she mentions it once wen she says "shes keeping her eyes in 1 place" but she culd formally explain since this is 4 begginners. nothing wrong w/ makin a video a little longer

[vsquaredancer]

these are not chainees they are more like soutenu en tournants doing them like this will allow you to go as fast as she is going in the video and barely any faster.

[jwicul]

I think you all needs to stop critcizing this video...everybody don't do everything the same way...why don't you put a video on youtube and show them what you got.

[shaylamarie23]

agreed.

[urietheman]

oooooppssss!!!!!!! im not good in ballet but that is not chaine turn..... am i ryt real ballet dancers????

[CRMvids]

shouldnt her legs be at least a little bit tighter together?

[lilluv70]

Not necessarily...

[kristina68618]

you are not suppose to turn either foot in either, her leading foot turns in every time... wrong wrong wrong, always in first, what is going on, I haven't found one "Expertville" that teaches correct tech.... this is mortifiing!

[lillekollman]

first position whole way through!

[tedsler]

NOOOOOOOOO

ok i need to stop watching this now, how can you teach chaînées going from 1st to 2nd? that way you won't manage to many really quick...

These videos are insane

[eleniyen]

For god's shake!!!!!! There is not a second position when you are doing tour chaines!!!!!!! Legs are always in first position!!! Quit destroying these young kids!!!!!!!!!!

[whatev11430]

sporknfoon2, you can fling your arms out in Chaînés. at my studio we do.

[xjackybx]

keep legs straight...dont swing...

[katziirocks]

I dance ballet since i'm 3 years old!

and I've never seen such an awful dancer.

[zoeprincess2314]

your both to fat 2 do it and u carnt darnce

SO STOP MAKING VIDEO'S!!!!!!!!!!!

[junofreak9108]

asshole

[Waiting4Shalom]

How uncultivated can you be?

I think if you are too young to type or spell decently, then you shouldn't be insulting people by their appearance.

Imperceptible little brat.

[aquino46]

Sorry, I respectfully disagree. There are people who use youtube whose first language is not English and they make a big effort to use correct grammar and spelling. If they make mistakes, it has nothing to do with their intelligence or level of education. Anyway, a person's grammar and spelling capabilities are not directly related to their knowledge of the dance field. I don't think I'm the best dancer there ever was, but I think teaching like this is not a very good idea.

[Free411]

yeah i agree dis is bad and shes all stiff&ungraceful but its 4 begginners goodness. stop lookin @ the expertvillage videos and find some other one like 'just 4 kix' has some good videos with some ACTUAL experts...

[zuzanQaa1]

primitive chainé!

[neeterBABYY]

theyre both too fat to be professional.

[junofreak9108]

asshole

[Lyslesparks1]

Hah-ha!

[dani0lovs0bruno0]

she's fat. that doesn't look at all pretty with a persone that has such a big waist

[sporknfoon2]

Your not supposed to fling your arms out in a Chaîné!

[ktbona]

It specifies... Beginner. When I teach my beginners, I also teach 2nd to 1st in chaines. I expect my intermediate dancers to keep legs in 1st while turning. My concern is that she demonstrated 1st to 2nd without turning, but turned in 5th ish - almost like a sutanu? I think it is a good demo for a beginner though.

[lilaznnino]

thats horrible ur not suppose to be apart when ur doing chaine

[DLAV222]

hey, dont be crazy!

[ILOVEJB12322]

woooooooooow. this was no offense for any one who likes this... BUT THIS WAS HORRIBLE! THERE IS NOT ONE BIT O ENERGY OR POWER OR ANYTHING. IT WAS JUST LIKE I'M DEAD.OR I HATE MY JOB I'M JUST DOIN THIS FOR THE MONEY. Horrible, My chanie turns are WAY better than THAT.

[claraserenaaa]

Yes, you're right! She seems bored by what she's doing, she seems that she doesn't like dancing. Mine are better too because I really seem happy when I dance.

[ColiCza]

aliciacad (3 weeks ago)

Oh my gosh, I could drive a truck through her legs!

I was Roflmao!!!!

[falloutboysrulz]

i think she's pregnant :O

[Lyslesparks1]

Hah-ha! That was funny.

[igggg46]

... wow...

that was really bad.

[sporknfoon2]

It's ExpertVillage..

Lol

[aliciacad]

Oh my gosh, I could drive a truck through her legs!

[1149mrs]

lololololol

[KateMonster109]

im a beginner and attending ballet classes in a proper school, thing is my class is more advanced beginners so i need to catch up on some of the moves and positions, by using videos like this i can get the basic and then when i go back to my class i can be corrected but i will have some idea about the names and moves, i dont think people should be so harsh, shes only trying to help and if people think or know they can do better they should post one that is correctt

[IrisNijman]

I agree with that.

im also beginner

and in my class are also advanced beginners.

for me it dont have to be perfect.

if it helps me a little

im Happy!

[zalice1]

IT may be, but some people are learning something!!!

[MarJenBre]

my dance teacher once asked me if i liked burger king. i thought he was telling me i was fat or something. but all he said was that it looked like i was holding a whopper. (you know like my hands looked like a claw). well i learned my lesson and now my hands are graceful and fluent.

apparently this girl in the video must like burger king. lol

[PWeid11]

WOW her feet are not together at all.

when doing a ballet chaine, your feet are supposed to be together in susu ( i dont know how to spell susu)

[bonstersz]

FEET TOGETHER!

[libbeingcool]

this is so bad!!!

[LunarDreamProduction]

Nice and slow, easy to follow.

One remark, the placing of the arms(as in all clips sofar) are placed to high. They should be under the shoulder, about the same hight as just under your own breast.

[altivo4ev]

her upper body is too far front, and also, she has a belly. and her feet are not well placed while she does the turns

[maddie18888]

hahahahah true that

[Cristinabel7]

....I don't think having a belly has anything to do with technique lol.

[jazzrina64]

REMEMBER THIS IS THE USA ANYONE CAN OPEN A DANCE SCHOOL. Shame they then go to so u think you can dance.

[libbeingcool]

lmao! good one

[prettygurlwithahat]

i think she's just trying to do it a bit slower so people understand how to to the turns.

gosh you guys are harsh..

[CountryGirl0137]

First, she is over-extending her arms in :23-:43. Second,she needs to make her turns TIGHTER!! They are too wide.

[mikimouse12]

the turns are not tight enough you cant go any faster in a wide turn like that

[jahlove111]

i've seen ballet dancers more graceful than her!!! sure she can dance ballet! but she's not graceful!

[Godwill3]

i think she is a beginner too, cause think about it, the lady talking could have done it herself i

[only4meyep]

They don't know ballet

[masterofmariobros]

She isn't graceful at all! And her posture is horible in all the videos!

Hey anybody know a website where I can learn how to do ballet stretches?

[barbarellagb]

yo masta'bros, hope you've found nyc ballet workouts by now. i c u were lookin months ago, but they are def my faves so chk thm out.

[MissEyeliner92]

I cant watch any more of these videos.

I dont know if it a differnt kind of turn, or what, but I always come off my demi-pointe when I tendu for the next turn.

Her arm gets "left behind"

[NoelleABelle]

Wow. This girl cannot dance. At all.

[SarahBarah27]

Wow. Um. Not much to say that hasn't been said haha. She sickles her feet. She was dizzy, and she wasn't even spinning! This is kind of ridiculous =D

[phantomsgurl92]

I was taught to do my chaines with my toes TOGETHER!! Am I the only one?

[BillyElliotLover96]

no, you're not

x

[amy28x]

aren't you supposed to look to 1 place which is to the front, not the side?

[theofficialtapqueen]

ya you have to look at someting above eye level and spot that item the whole time

[BillyElliotLover96]

in chaines you look towards the way your going

...if that makes sense..

x

[drpeprocks]

what kind of second is that? her hands are strait

[jentn0308]

Over 77,000 videos...DAMN! :)

[saffiesunraysia]

idiot village

[hanbeechoi]

is it that bad?? cuz I wanna learn =^+

[KieranDancer]

Those look more like bad soutenou (SP?)turns....

[melissaluvsballet]

Does anyone actually learn from these videos??? I sure hope not.

[mikido9]

Give people a break. Don't put people into comparisson as this negative cycle is destructive, she is slowly demonstrating- not doing giselle. If it feels good, just dance!

[kyosohmao]

she sucked

[tashockya676]

shes not spotting at all lol, and the instructor says "look how she is spotting." omg people, GET A BETTER DANCER!

[Emmernoodle]

take a ballet class you butt! i can dance better than you and i ahve only been dancing a year!

[undertheworld8]

i don't need this!i need the arebesque?can someone tell me where can i find it?

[BillyElliotLover96]

'Expert' village? ..............

[xstfulaureno]

first of all she's not good. 2nd shes not even crossing fifth in the turn. And they suck! just wanted to let you know.

[tennischic28]

Being a beginner to ballet I'd love to learn from these videos but hearing all the negative comments about the instructors makes me wonder if I should.

[emilyh12345]

What happened to the "expert" in Expert Village??

[sklittle28]

............

[suzazza]

.......???

[BalletAnnie]

It is obvious that she did not learn ballet before. I think it would be better to find someone who does ballet professionally and who could demonstrate beautiful to the beginners.

[griffinzoo]

i hope these people were not hired as experts to do this..... awful

[luckyangel987]

this has got to be the stupidest things i have ever seen.

[saraahhhgoesrawr]

that was so bad

[feettickling18]

:S :S :S

[mazdaria]

that was nice! :P