HOW TO DO SIMPLE BALLET

I have done ballet for 15 years. Ballet originated in Italy and it developed in France so most glossary of Ballet is in France. If we want to do ballet well, we have to practice ballet. There are simple things of ballet but these are very important.

Step 1 ; warm up and stretch

We need to get flexible body. If we get it, we can raise our legs high for example. In many case, we stretch for 15min to 30min in ballet class. There are many kinds of stretch from easy to difficult so I introduce easy stretch for you! Let’s try warm up and stretch with me!

Step 2 ; make sense of rhythm

Ballet requires a sense of rhythm.

①you clap your hands to the music

②skip and clap your hands to the music.

Step 3 ; arms position

I introduce 4 basic arms position.

①En bar Both arms are positioned below.

②En avant Both arms are positioned in front of the body.

③En haunt Both arms are positioned above.

④A la seconde Both arms to the side.

Step 4 ; legs position

I introduce 4 position.

①1st position

②2nd position

③4th position

④5th position

Step 5 ; Barre exercise

There are many kinds of barre exacise so I introduce simple barre exacise. The exacise name is plie. This exacise is the most basic of basics.

I took some others