 the male dancer
written by Tom Blair on 01.12. at 15:30:15 >Suppose I'm trying to stand in first position: I'm aiming to rotate each foot by 90 degrees outwards, Not really. The point of turnout is aiming at proper body carriage - a by-product of which is that the feed turn out. > How much of this rotation should I eventually try to get out of the hip joint, All of it. And as much as you can all the time. > and how much rotation should be taken up by the knee joint? Ouch. It hurts to read this - NONE! > but I can't begin to get beyond 50-60 degrees of rotation from my hip. 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. Dance On my friend, ..tom Answers to this message: |
