Ballet Journals
Ballet Journals (term 3)
Ashley Booth
Lesson one
One of the main focuses of todays lesson was basic technique. We concentrated on alignment, safe dance practice in ballet and body limitations. By this I mean, how far we can push our bodies with out being in risk of causing injury. Technique in ballet is the learning of movement and refers to a way of using the body in the correct alignment. Alignment in ballet refers to keeping the head, shoulders and hips vertically aligned. A dancer with good technique requires good placement, alignment and turnout. Turnout refers to completing movements with your legs rotated outwards using the six deep outward rotators of the hip joint (ball and socket). This promotes clean footwork, graceful port de bras (carriage of the arms) and correct positions, lines and angles. Ballet technique is the foundation principal of the bodies movement and form. It is an important aspect of ballet performance as ballet puts great emphasis on the method and execution of movement. When we talk about correct alignment in class, we are referring to the relationship of the skeleton to the line of gravity and the base of support. To improve and help achieve correct alignment we must apply correct technique skills to basic exercises.
At the bar we completed a battement glisse exercise. We must make sure that we keep our movements short, sharp and clean on the glisse as this is a fast exercise. One main issue that the class had in this exercise was the tempo of the exercise. We were concentrating on getting the exercise right instead of thinking about having correct alignment and technique. for example, I was allowing my hips to move in and out of correct alignment. To ensure that our pelvis is stabilized, we have to think about keep weight over our toes and make sure that we are lengthening our hip flexer by lifting up and out of the hip on the supporting leg. By doing this it will help to activate the six deep outward rotators that are located
Ashley Booth
Lesson one
One of the main focuses of todays lesson was basic technique. We concentrated on alignment, safe dance practice in ballet and body limitations. By this I mean, how far we can push our bodies with out being in risk of causing injury. Technique in ballet is the learning of movement and refers to a way of using the body in the correct alignment. Alignment in ballet refers to keeping the head, shoulders and hips vertically aligned. A dancer with good technique requires good placement, alignment and turnout. Turnout refers to completing movements with your legs rotated outwards using the six deep outward rotators of the hip joint (ball and socket). This promotes clean footwork, graceful port de bras (carriage of the arms) and correct positions, lines and angles. Ballet technique is the foundation principal of the bodies movement and form. It is an important aspect of ballet performance as ballet puts great emphasis on the method and execution of movement. When we talk about correct alignment in class, we are referring to the relationship of the skeleton to the line of gravity and the base of support. To improve and help achieve correct alignment we must apply correct technique skills to basic exercises.
At the bar we completed a battement glisse exercise. We must make sure that we keep our movements short, sharp and clean on the glisse as this is a fast exercise. One main issue that the class had in this exercise was the tempo of the exercise. We were concentrating on getting the exercise right instead of thinking about having correct alignment and technique. for example, I was allowing my hips to move in and out of correct alignment. To ensure that our pelvis is stabilized, we have to think about keep weight over our toes and make sure that we are lengthening our hip flexer by lifting up and out of the hip on the supporting leg. By doing this it will help to activate the six deep outward rotators that are located