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How to do a pirrouette

Pirouettes can be done from many different preparations and with the working leg in many different positions. This will be an example of an outside pirouette in passe.

Preparation parallel first. Tendu a la second with arms pushing to strong second. Carry the right leg back into a fourth position plie arms follow. Body should be straight up and down with the left leg into the ground and the right heel lifted. Make sure your square is in proper position with hips center and upper body center to forward with those ribs in. All at one time lift to releve on the left leg with the right leg pulling into a high passe turning the body one or more rotations to the right. Arms pull into first as in a chaine or pique. To finish the turn, end in plie parallel first. The two biggest technical mistakes I see beginning dancers make in a pirouette turn is that they try and whip their arms to give them momentum. This will just pull the dancer off balance. All the arms need to due is pull together and with proper position and spotting and a lot of practice the single turns will turn into doubles and triples etc. The second mistake I see is the fact that the left heel begins the turn before the right leg even leaves to come into passe. This makes the pirouette choppy and off balance. All movement needs to happen simultaneously to make the turn work. Let your arms come from the back and spot as you would in the other turns. Practice hitting spots on specific counts and this will clean up the pirouette technique even more.

Okay now that you have learned the basics of pirroettes, I think its time for a pique turn.

PIQUE TURN

One of the most important concepts on this turn is to reach way out onto a straight leg into releve. As you turn, the hips need to push to center yourself.

Preparation tendu devant. Plie the left leg and carry the right leg to a la second en la air. Push off the supporting leg and reach the right leg and hips way out into fourth position to the direction you are turning. You want to feel a big push up and out through your derriere. As this push happens the left leg comes into turn out passe while the left arm pulls in to the right into first (as in chaine) and make one or more rotations to the right. To finish the turn, bring the passe leg down behind into fifth position and begin the process again. Spot as you would a chaine.

I hope this makes since so far.. Next time we will be learing to acheive better kicks and leaps

dancestarr1

Great class, hopefully this will help everyone. It helped me improve my pirrouettes.

Poshoeda

wow, great class my pique turns have never been very good this really helped them

any questions? Do you have a specific thing you would like to practice the next time? thanks. P.S Pointeshoedancer is a workshop tracher, like teaches dances and I think she is teaching a advanced workshop. I will make a post soon.