Developpes, Arabesques, Attitudes en Pointe at the Barre

[chinoss24]

be carefull with the hips... when doing developpe. If you do it like that in the center, u r gonna lose ur balance.

[MeBehindyou]

Just do the same without barre you'll see it dont works

[AnnieeLG]

attitude!!!! knee has to be higher than foot! you're are also hanging on the barre way too much, try doing it with just 2 fingers on the barre and notice the difference. keep practising!

[athina10bliss]

the barre is just for touching!not hunging!!!

[emseeaich]

pretty good, youve got a lot of potential and a lot of strength, but be sure to not lift your hips and butt when you develope seconde. and of course, dont lean on the barre, and work on your turnout. but pretty good, youve got great feet

[4DodgeFamily1]

Dont lean into the bar so much and put your weight on your leg, also hold up your back, keep it on your legn (as best as you can!)

[SarahSidelGibbs]

I am sorry honey but i am more flexible than you (i stopped training 3 years ago) and you have to learn how to run without this sound. Keep going I am sure you'll do it :)

[suburbanwarzone]

alot of...improvement is needed, your developpe to the front is barely obove 90 degrees, you raise your hips, lean on the bar, and you literally jumped onto pointe

[ballerinagirl111]

in a develope to a la seconde, your arm should go in front of the leg, not behind the leg

[broadwaynballet]

that is a beautiful studio!

[MegCT]

wow, wonderful :) you're so stretchy! i'm jealous!

[LiVeLaUgHLoVeGiRlY]

good job :]

im going to be annoying and say watch your weight postition when devoloping, if you weren't holding onto the barre you would fall over right away... plus watch your hips when you develope to the side. your hips should aways stay level

sorry to be annoying and comlain but it was still good! u have really good arches!

[LiveSleepEatBallet]

make sure your on your legs ....you seem to be tipping over a bit! other thatn that though sgreat flewiblilty

[Kitty9999ful]

nice....but ur friends was right.....you must turn out ur leg a little bit.....

[xAndreaBananna]

Make sure your arm is infront of your leg when you developpe to the side

[teardrope]

lifting the hip....

[AngieGGangsterG]

I think my ballet teacher told me that when doing a develope devant, that the hip doesn't always stay square, like in Russian school, the hip slightly lifts, but not too much, you know?

[teardrope]

@AngieGGangsterG in RAD ballet technique its completely wrong to do so.your teacher should know that its better not to lift the leg so much and have a good technique than lifting your leg and ruining the whole technique part!And finally if you sit for a RAD exam noone will ever tell you that you dont lift your leg enough!

[AngieGGangsterG]

@teardrope Ok, thank you! It's very hard to lift the leg up high with the hips square, do you have any suggestions on how to stretch to achieve a better arabesque? I'm almost completely sitting in my splits (especially in my right split), but I think it might be back inflexibility. It feels like pressure in the lower back when I try with my hips square.

[teardrope]

@AngieGGangsterG What you must do first is to master lifting the leg in a normal height which depends on your flexibility. If you do so not only will you improve your developpes, battements etc but you will improve your balance as well. After mastering this you will notice that you lift your leg properly and without trying so much!

[AngieGGangsterG]

@teardrope Ok! What do you mean by normal height? Do you mean an arabesque but as high up as possible without moving the hips and balancing?

[teardrope]

@AngieGGangsterG So what you must do is pulling up as hard as you can (but still keep breathing) and you can also lower your hip by touching it with your hand at first inorder to understand which you need to keep low :P this is really helpful especially when you watch what you do on the mirror. And ofcourse try not to lose your turn out!

[AngieGGangsterG]

@teardrope Thank you!!! Ok, so also, staying upright with the chest lifted? So it should help after a while? Ok! :) Thank you SO much! I hope you don't mind if I ask questions later, ur advice really helps! :)

[teardrope]

@AngieGGangsterG No problem :) Pulling up means you gotta keep your shoulders down, lift your chest, keep your back straight and your tummy, ribs and bottom in. If you do this right you are square. When lifting your leg you need to keep pulling up and sustain your turn out (which must start from the inside of your leg and not your knee).

[teardrope]

@AngieGGangsterG Moreover you should change your weight to the supporting leg but not too much. you can easily understand if you are doing it right just by leave the barre. If you can balance without the support of the barre you are perfectly right. Oh And dont forget to keep your weight in front of your body!

[AngieGGangsterG]

@teardrope Thank you!

[superstaremma1]

it was fine but.... you don't need to be flexable to be good xox keep working

[dance4life864]

please dont lift your hip!!!

[elefunbottom]

wayyy back on your leg in the arebesque! try balancing like that!!

[SuperElisa15]

this is so bad !

you don't have to see the barre like a partner oke It helps BUT NEVER pull yourself !!! pff

[timecharmsyou]

your arm is supposed to be in front of your leg always when it is extended to the side. doesn't matter if your turnout isn't as good and your arm has to come more foward than ususal. work on placement and your attitudes and arabesques

[treklis]

okay yes you are flexible, lots of dancers are, but i personally would tell you to work on placement and balance. the whole point of barre work is so that you can imagine the barre as a partner and gently rest your hand on the barre ready to balance without it at all times. you are constantly off your centre and having to hold on for dear life to the barre. work on letting go at the barre because if you cant do it without a barre how will you do it in the centre? also look at your hip placement

[carlyheartsdance]

you have beautiful lines (:

[dancer9597]

in developpe devant, are you meant to be using the top, inner or back muscles in your thighs? Because my teacher says I'm overusing my quads...

[mhss0001]

to developpe devant, you use a rotating line of energy that starts in your bum, then your hamstrings, then your inner thighs. you want to support from under your leg not pull up from your quads.

[dancer9597]

okay thanks I'll try that :)

[AngieGGangsterG]

Hey, I have a question, I'm trying to improve my arabesque and my developpe devant, but if my hips are square (they should stay square and not lift sideways, right?), I feel the stretch in the hamstrings of my standing leg. Is that normal? Thank you, I'd love the help!

-Angie

[gemsybobsy]

She does say her leg is injured. ;)

[noogerfied]

ahh, ur hips! make them straight please!! pleaseee!

[OJTS007]

hahahaa, wow this is a little pathetic...

[llcooljosie]

beautiful lines

[OBrien19]

you would be good at taekwondo

[littlenips123]

what the hell was that?!

[MsBeautifly3]

ur developpes are beautiful

[kiaradance1994]

you' ve got beautiful lines but i don't like very much your body..sorry.:)

[dancetyme07]

is that view in your dance studio???

[peonysballetseries]

From the point of view of taking video...

It is a very beautiful picture of showing a symmetrical figure!

I like your silhouette.

How lovely is the shot!

Love

Peony

[starfishyinthesky]

People, stop telling her to stop dancing with a torn ACL. This was over a year ago ._.

[OJTS007]

ok but theres no need for self-humiliation here, wat a disgrace to ballet hahha

[loveapple27]

that studio is so beautiful.

[AcemanJones]

You should not be en pointe.

[MinnieCitty]

very flexible, but you would never be able to balance in any of those positions, your wait is not over your supporting foot.

[xntyghb]

I can't believe how hard they are on you, even with a torn ACL. It may not be perfect, but your still a dancer.

[liserliserliser]

i want to have my classes in that studio!

[balletrocksmyworld]

very much off your leg....keep working to lift the back up, pull off your hip, not lean on the barre and feel the connection between your shoulder and opposite leg. keep your upper back strong to help achieve this

[clairmatinaustralia]

yeah, like totally off the leg, and TRY WORK ON THE TURN OUT!!!

[kiradance93]

beautiful studio

on developpes u need to drop ur hip, ur lifting ur hip too much and making ur but stick out

[loveapple27]

love the studio!

[Audrey2877]

Never "hang" your body on the barre, it works only as a supporting point. And not less important thing: tie your hair, it`ll help u to work more comfortable. Beautifull point an flexibility! clap clap!!

[niallgillon]

Defo relying on the barre too muchh, also beware that you need to pointe and close after your developpes, and not just bring your other leg down. flexible but not entirely impressive.

[XOnonow]

Not professional :/

Keep your hips straight, work on your turn out...

[wigglebells]

no offense, but im prob like two years younger than you, and i can do that. and when you go in ponche (dunno how 2 spell it), you need to move back from the barre, your pulling off. and when you go to passe, don't turn in. when you go to a la seconde, your supporting hip sinks in, you wwant to keep that straight.

[Magdalena9614]

OH NO!!!!! it's horibble and don't professional!!!She's isn't dancer

[x3SamuraiGirl1551x3]

omg ur so flexible!

i WISH i could take ballet and learn to do pointe and penchees!

[aPotterLunatic]

Your really good and your flexibility is amazing, but try to work on not relying so much on the barre. Keep on dancing!

[andrea23345]

HIPS HIPS HIPS!!!

[BlueBallerina]

remember to keep your hips straight, body in one line.. Beautiful though.

[pbkr15]

you look good, but need to rely less on the barre, and work on ur turn out. I hope ur surgery goes well.

[angelbaby233]

bending forward a bit to much and reling on the bar a bit too much too

[lildansa14]

oh no!! way too turned in!!! lovely feet though!

[jamesacleary]

youre hanging on the barre too much honey

[walking0naked]

Everything was pretty good, but just one critique: it might be the torn ACL, but you're depending way too much on the barre. If you do need to put that much weight on it to dance, maybe you should slow yourself down until the surgery? Just so you don't damage the tendon any more, or any of the surrounding muscle.

Other than that, you were great, so don't take this as a huge critiscism, even if it may have sounded like that. If it did, I'm sorry :D

[HelenaNever]

how do you get your leg that high in developpe?? Excersises you had to do??

[balletmeisje]

Practice, practice, practice :-p Hold your leg as long as you can and as high as you can, a few times a day and you'll see you're going to improve

[HAMBAMM]

you are depending on the barre and your turn out needs some workk

[EyeLuvDance4ever]

okey-dokey!

[danidvprincesa]

hope everything goes fine on your surgery !! :D..

God bless you...

nice work!! :D

[talieps1000]

that was beautiful. good luck on your surgery!