Secrets of Russian Ballet Blog- Shocking Misinformation pt 2, Why

[romymacias]

Eric,

I'm a dancer who's now transitioning to teaching by studying Cuban Methodology with my Ballet Mistress (she danced 25 years with the National Cuban Ballet). As a dancer I also have back issues. I would like to be able to contact you to discuss this further. Is there a number available? Or should I address my questions to: info (at) American Cinematic Ballet.com

I hope you respond promptly, as I see come older comments from 7 months ago. Thank you for sharing such important information.

[MissUrbanA]

When you talk about your method of classical ballet and how to achieve a 180 degree turnout, you mostly talk about how you developed this method and that everybody can get a 180 degree turnout with the the correct training. My question is then, how do i get a 180 degree turnout without damage og injurys, and does your method contain some sort of streching/opening exercises or mearly replacement of the leg? and by the way thank for making these videos!

[Seekballet]

Wow! Excellent. I''m glad you also explained how the turnout can be lost and that is not a time to give up and fall back on misinformation! Thanks for being so generous with everything you've learned.

[mjacobsen2010]

My daughter's ballet teacher, who is Russian, has been talking about correct positioning being the cornerstone of ballet for so long! It's so nice to listen to your blog confirm it! My question is, how many hours a week should an 11 year old be dancing? My daughter will be going from 11 hours a week to 15 hours plus 4 hours a week at school. That 15 hours will include Character and Contemporary, but the majority will be ballet and pointe.

[AmericanCinemaBallet]

@mjacobsen2010 Thank you so much for watching and I am delighted to hear that there are like-minded teachers out there. A good schedule for students 11 and up is to have one really good (2 hour) ballet technique class per day (6 days a week) including pointe, its great that she will have the opportunity to learn character dance as well. So 15 hours sounds about right; American students sometimes take 2 or 3 ballet classes a day, which actually causes more harm than good- Cheers

[phantom4087]

@AmericanCinemaBallet

I'm just curious. Why would taking multiple classes cause more harm?

[LVdancerbabe]

@AmericanCinemaBallet I would be very interested in this.

[tutus4life]

Can you make a video on cambre? Lots of student tend to sink into their lower back and not go from the top of the back.

[AmericanCinemaBallet]

@tutus4life I actually just filmed this while making the next DVD but I'll edit it up and post that particular piece on youtube.

[marypflieger]

@AmericanCinemaBallet I can see why you would prefer that, and if that is going to be available soon then I will gladly wait for it! I think I am just getting a bit stir crazy... Maybe there is something else I can do to prepare for my first class with you other than taking a full ballet class? Even just stretching would make me happier than doing nothing. :-)

[junow2]

You enlightened me in this. I started having a intensive school training later in life and one of the things I felt was precisely that. My hip/rear muscles were sore to the point that I was (I am still) unable to turn-out. But no teacher thought me how to go through it and I still feel a lot of limitation. I do have several difficulties when it comes to turning out as a lot of people, but I've been trying to access it through first position and it feels easier everytime.