Level: Foundation Elementary | Duration: 25 minutes | Equipment required: Barre, chair, or counter for balance.
This lesson focuses on how to use your head in a full Port de bras and the coordination of the arm, leg, and head in Battement tendu to the front, side, and back. You will learn how to connect the arms, legs, and head in all three directions used every day in ballet class. Practicing this, getting it to feel natural will be a huge boost to your dancing that will make you both more fluid and elegant.
In this lesson you will learn:
- How to connect the arm, leg, and head in Battement tendu to the front, side, and back
- Awareness practice routines to encourage coordination and improve the elegance and fluidity of your movement
Instructors: Hannah Mae Cruddas, Omar Hernández, Esther Zignaigo
Required Skills:
Tendus:
105 – Tendu Front & Side,
106 –Tendu Derrière,
107 – Tendus from Fifth
Arms:
101 – Basic Arm Positions,
111 – Basic Port de bras with Heads
Legs:
102 – Basic Leg Positions and Demi-pliés,
103 – Fourth and Fifth Leg Positions & Grand pliés