Advanced Ballet Dancing Steps : Pirouette in Advanced Ballet Dancing

In ballet, the pirouette begins in fifth position, followed by a tondue and close in fourth position, and then the leg shoots up to passe while the whole body turns. Learn how to perform the pirouette for advanced ballet dancing in this free instructional dance video.

Expert: Samantha Marcella
Bio: Samantha Marcella has been dancing for 13 years, and she currently dances professionally for Sean Greene in the Gallimaufry & Greene modern dance company.

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• ballet
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• pirouette
• ballerina

[hellomisterb]

An advanced ballet dancer should have the ability to made at least one clean single pirouette to the left side.

[dancergurl9]

I'm 14, on my 12 year of ballet, 2 en pointe and can double en pointe. Plus, retiré for pirouettes is devant (to the front). and you don't soutenu after you turn, beginners should learn to land in fourth, it helps develop turnout and discourages sickling. Plus when you tendu side for prep it should be side, not cornered. and her fourth was not lined up. In her defense though, if i was told to do a single flat, mine probably would look the same, once you get 4, its hard to single again.

[jalbarker]

@dancer4660 Then she should re-record the video. Everyone does make mistakes, even teachers. But, if she intends to teach through video, she should make sure the video is correct because once it is viewed by students, she can't change what they see, and that is what they will learn.

[PixieGirl778]

...I'm kind of confused....how is she an advanced dancer if her turnout sucks so much? Her tendu (for prep) wasn't to the side if that's what she was trying and you should either land in fifth or like a lunge or something, not whatever she did.

[bompy84]

she's got beautiful feet...!!!

[dancer4660]

@hellomisterb that was mean she tried (: and some times people make mistakes :P

[BallerinaDreams101]

Thank you so much for helping me, with ONE side anyway, even if you flunked the other, this helped a little.

[bable4u]

1 sided dancers should NOT be advanced

[bable4u]

@dancergal82 too bad u cant spell it ;P lol jk

[bable4u]

@vsquaredancer really? because it specifically says in the title "advanced"

[mahiraraks]

You kids may know a lot about ballet, but you know nothing about manners.

[vsquaredancer]

Um good for all of you people that can do triples and stuff but this video was designed to teach people who are trying to each themselves the basics of ballet, so good for you but do you really need to insult and make her feel bad. She can probably do triples too!