| The fastest way to improve your ballet technique, no | | | | help prepare you for dancing ballet in pointe shoes, |
| matter what style of dance your ballet conservatory | | | | regardless of your dance training style. Cheerleaders |
| teaches, is to learn what is anatomically correct and | | | | included - you may not aspire to dance in pointe shoes, |
| what is not. | | | | but foot/lower leg control will improve your balance |
| You can improve your turnout by understanding the | | | | and help you avoid the most common ballet/sports |
| type of hip joints you have. You can also learn which | | | | fitness injury - sprained ankles. |
| muscles actually hold your turnout, and which muscles | | | | It's amazing that x-rays dancers in their twenties can |
| support your correct ballet technique and traditional | | | | show arthritis in foot joints, knee joints and joints of the |
| ballet positions. Cheerleaders and even football pros | | | | low back, neck and shoulders. Certain ballet training |
| use turnout in their movements and learning it correctly | | | | styles sprain and strain joints to perpetuate the |
| can prevent sprained and torn knee joints. | | | | tradition. Ballet conservatories understand this, and their |
| Analyzing arabesque for example, requires that you | | | | audition processes attempt to screen out the |
| understand moving from an upright position of the | | | | physiques that will sustain too much damage to finish |
| spine, to a tilted, correctly twisted position of the lumbar | | | | the training. The better funded academies have added |
| (low back) spine. Even if you have 180 degree turnout | | | | anatomy classes and physical therapists to their |
| from your hips, a high arabesque will demand the twist | | | | programs to diminish this accepted professional |
| of the low back/pelvis to achieve a professional line. | | | | hazard. |
| Different dance styles will determine the details of your | | | | Now any ballet student or cheer leading student can |
| line, as in some arm placement (square shoulders or | | | | get the same information! No matter how out of the |
| not, etc.,) and yet correct ballet technique will allow the | | | | way your ballet school is! If you have no money to |
| dancer to adapt to many choreographic styles. | | | | spend, there are many free articles to read on the |
| Also, understanding a proper arabesque ballet position | | | | internet, and many ballet books in your local library. |
| helps you stretch properly to do the splits. | | | | It's open access to anyone who will search and |
| Understanding foot types, foot muscles, and how to | | | | benefit from the wealth of information on how to |
| strengthen AND relax lower leg and foot muscles will | | | | improve your ballet technique. |
