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Corrections (Body (Back (As dancers we must keep our back strong and…
Corrections
Body
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Pelvis
In ballet, your pelvis must always be tucked under and kept square with the rest of your body.
Legs
Turnout
I think the biggest correction for legs other than the choreography is turnout. Dancers are known for their beautiful turnout and how it shows off their bodies in every movement.
Choreography
There are hundreds of different movements we do with our legs and it is very common to get them mixed up. Usually, we will go through all the movements after we've finished the choreography to make sure that everything is clean and we're all doing the same thing.
Knees
Making sure your knees are pulled up when they are straight and not bent too much when they are bent is a common correction.
Head
Head Direction
Your head moves with your body depending on what you want to portray and what movements you are doing.
In porte de bras the head movements are soft and elegant. In allegro the movements are sharp and confident.
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Eyeline
With heads often there is an eyeline as well. It's surprising how different an eyeline can make a movement. Looking up often makes you look confident and driven. Looking down makes you look sad or lonely. Looking out and over your arms make you look graceful and royal.
Arms
Our arms should look long and graceful. To do this we must pull our shoulders down with our back muscles and lift our forearm to keep them held and strong
There are also hundreds of arm positions you can do with movements. Doing the wrong arms is probably the most common mistake of them all.
Shoulders
In basically all positions in classical ballet and most positions in contemporary ballet, your shoulders need to be down. Ballet was created to show off your long neck and when your shoulders are lifted it throws off your posture.
You don't usually think about it but often we will turn our shoulders to change moves slightly. For example, a balance with epaulement changes the movement to either make it more open or more closed.
Hands
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Basically, this is what your hands should look like. Not too open, not too closed and making sure your thumb isn't sticking out.
Feet
Pointed and flexed! No sickling! Feet are the extension of our legs. the whole point of pointing them is to make our legs look longer. As dancers we work hard to have strong feet and ankles so, eventually, we are able to releve onto point shoes and be able to balance there.
Neck
The neck is usually only used in certain circumstances. Mostly it's common sense but often teachers need to remind you where your neck should be in porte de bras. For example, it's to the side in the side porte de bra.
