the male dancer all you need for ballet & dance for beginners & advanced register for free now !  de - en - es - nl tribute for all women Users online: 56 [ Forum ]  [ New messages ] Name (register):  Password registered user:  Email address (optional):  Subject:  Text formatting:                     [i]<br>>Suppose I'm trying to stand in first position: I'm aiming to rotate each foot by 90 degrees outwards, <p>Not really. The point of turnout is aiming at proper body carriage - a by-product of which is that the feed turn out.<p>> How much of this rotation should I eventually try to get out of the hip joint,<p>All of it. And as much as you can all the time.<p>> and how much rotation should be taken up by the knee joint? <p>Ouch. It hurts to read this - NONE! <p>> but I can't begin to get beyond 50-60 degrees of rotation from my hip.<p>Thats because your butt muscles are not strong enough yet. They will get there - and as an added bonus they will get a great shape for the effort. One thing that will help you is pulling in the stomach and pulling up under the chest.<p>Dance On my friend,<p>..tom<p><br><br>[/i] URL of own homepage (optional):  Name of homepage (without the homepage will not show!):  URL of a picture (optional):       Tags for smilies [neener]   [lurk]   [fire]   [grmpf-blue]   [grmpf-red]   [grmpf]   [brood-blue]   [brood-lilac]   [brood-red]   [brood]   [heart-pink]   [heart]   [kiss]   [normal]   [oh-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [oh]   [acidic-lilac]   [acidic-red]   [acidic]   [smile-orange]   [smile]   [pointed]   [updown]   [twinkle]