Hey there. Ask away whatever you want answered and I'll do my best. Please avoid unconventional capitalization and spelling - it makes the questions harder to read and so I'm less likely to answer.
Website: My Deviantart Site
Gender: Female
Location: Wandering
Member Since: September 23, 2004
Answers: 144
Last Update: May 31, 2009
Visitors: 12835
Main Categories:
Friendship
Theater
School
View All
Favorite Columnists
sparklythingy
maria
|
| |
I'm taking Ballet classes this summer, anyone who takes ballet can then give me some REAL AND GOOD tips and websites.
Help me (tips and websites) to learn how to do a proper pirouette and fouette and how to get really at good spotting turns without getting dizzy. I use to do Ballet from like 6-9 but I stopped because I couldn't afford it anymore and I lost all my ability.
(link)
|
Well for starters, you probably haven't lost as much ability as you think. It'll come back once you start working again.
Unfortunately, since there are two kinds of fouettes, (and I can hardly do the ones I know) I can't help you much there. The best thing you can do is apply all pirouette technique to the fouette. To get started back with the fouettes, I'd find a barre that you can use and do singles. Plie on one foot, extend the other one front and snap it around to second and into passé and do a single turn. Work both sides doing the same thing. Don't forget to spot!
As for the pirouettes...your best option is to really work your technique and positioning before you try any turning. Make sure your foot is up to passé position, not sickled and that your knee is turned out fully. Do all these checks in front of a mirror (obviously) and probably keep one hand on a wall or barre to help with balance. As for arms, make sure that you're not shrugging your shoulders, keep your neck long but not super stretched. Your hands should be in a fairly straight line from your belly button and should be slightly rounded into a first position. Be sure that you're holding your stomach muscles tight and keeping your supporting leg (the straight one) tight as well. It should almost be hyper-extended, but not quite and you should pull all the muscles in your thighs tight. The tighter the muscles are, the better balance you'll have.
If you need to have a hand on a wall, then obviously only put one arm in first position.
Also check out this link:
http://www.troyettes.com/turntechnique.html
|
|