Ballet technique excercises?

Question

What are some exercises I can easily do at home to help improve my ballet technique?

Answer 1

The key thing to do is stretch.  Ask your instructor and let them be the guide.  You have to build that relationship.

Answer 2

Plies are great, ofcourse. They build strength and also stretch your muscles. Anything that you would do at barre is great for you. Keep up with those kicks too. To build strength, try doing the exercises that u usually do flat on fondue or releve.

Remember to always stretch before dancing or using these muscles, it is so easy to pull muscles if you don't!! keep dancing!!

Answer 3

balance. try jogging everyday for endurance:)

Answer 4

For me, I like to take my foot and stretch it out or get someone else to point them for you. But don't sicle them.

You could do some plies to stretch your tendons.

Or, the splits to improve on your grande jettes.

I've been doing these excersises for my whole life

and I'm one of the top ballet dancers in my dance class

Hope I helped!:D

Answer 5

practice whay you have learned from you teacher

Answer 6

The most important thing I think would be to stretch.  A good way to get your splits (if you don't already have them) is to stack a bunch of pillows up.  Then slide down into the splits on top of the pillows.  Take out a pillow each time you get more flexible.

Crunches are also good because having a strong center is good for ballet.

To get strength for your extensions, lift your knee as close to your body as you can as if you were doing a develope to the side.  Hold your leg up by wrapping your arm underneath it.  Then complete the develope by extending your foot toward the ceiling.  Do about ten of these on each leg.  They're really good for strengthening your hip flexors and hamstrings.

I hope these help! (They're kind of hard to explain online :) ).

Answer 7

balance, jog, tiptoe whenever ur jst wandering around your house or something

Answer 8

go through each basic foot position on both right and left legs doing the following

demi-plea (arm in front)

demi-plea (arm at side)

grand plea

ponche forward

congrea back

susu up and do turns



If you have a ballet bar, place one leg on top.  Turn out the foot on the floor and stretch.  Bring your nose to your knee on the bar, and so back.  From the hips, stretch side to side.  Keeping th bottom foot planted, slide the foot on the bar down the leg.  Bring your nose to your planted foot.  Go into arabesq and attitude repetidly.  Also, try a demi-plea, relave, straighten the leg, grand-plea, straighten and close.

Answer 9

GO GET A BALLET BOOK .. IT WILL LIST ALL THE TECNUIQE EXERCISES OF

CHECCETTI BALLET ( THE BEST TO START AND ExPERCiSES WOULD GIVE YOU THE THICK LEGS)

Enrico Cecchetti

... could become a finished ballet dancer without passing through Cecchetti's hands. ... world of ballet shares elements of the Cecchetti method with their ...

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Russian ballet, ballet Russian, imperial Russian ballet, Russian ballet ...

... first full ballet company was founded at the Imperial School of Ballet in St. ... and choreographers predominated in that period, but by 1800 Russian ballet ...

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FRENCH BALLET TERMS

http://www.ballet-academy.com/Dictionary...

WATCH YOUR LEGS.. DONT PULL THEM OR YOU MAY GET THICK LEG> RUSSIAN BALLERINAS DONT GO ON TOES FOR AWHILE AND HAVE BEAUTIFUL LEGS

MY DAUGHTER WAS A BALLET DANCER FOR 5 YEARS AFTER COMPLETING A NATIONAL BALLET SCHOOL

AND NOW IS AN ACTRESS AND HAS BEAUTIFUL LEGS

DONT LET YOUR LEGS THICIKEN.AND LOOK lLIKE ATHELETHES LEG

CHECETTIS  EXERCISES ARE THE BEST.

Answer 10

floor bar

also get a chair and do a bunch of calf raises, plies, tendus, ect

Answer 11

I think you may find that night time activities with your partner could be used to enhance your ballet technique. Your partner is an excellent source of support and guidance in these matters.