Comments on: Turnout

By: Anne-Marie

Anne-Marie — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 15:26:07 +0000

I completely concur on your recommendations for teaching children how to work within their turnout. These are the exact teaching practices I use. Particularly have found with younger ones (under 10 years) that standing center and “popping” the toes out helps them identify their stable, natural turnout. With older ones, lying down with their spine on the floor and feet straight up in the air then opening them helps them identify the appropriate, natural, and stable turnout position for their developpes in second position. If students force their turnout, their leg and body alignment suffers terribly and only creates more problems that have to fixed or forced into place, not a healthy plan.

By: Ballet

Ballet — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:24:39 +0000

I have looked at many dance sites and not come across such a site as yours that tells everyone everything they need to know.

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Fri, 11 Dec 2009 21:01:15 +0000

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By: Nichelle

Nichelle — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 19:01:08 +0000

I do not have great natural turnout but I have had the most success at improving it when I've focused on releasing the muscles that surround the hip joint. Using balls or rollers for the external rotators, and passive (held) stretches that don't force but let me relax into a turned-out position and stretch the inner thighs.