I wish I would have found this when I was 12!!! I use to force my turn out to 180 and I got a knee injury so now, 2 years later I’m finally starting to understand rotation. Thank you for this video it really helped!
Approaching the topic of turnout from an anatomical point of view and showing examples with your wonderful assistants was so helpful! Thank you for this video!
So important to align the individual bodies according to their abilities , instead of twisting joints, ankles, backs, knees which leads to debilitating injuries
I really appreciate teachers who bring out the best from what their students have, rather than forcing them into moulds. This is such a great video on so many levels as well as being really great for ballet folk!
Thank you! I started doing ballet 2 years ago at age 26, and honestly I am not the most flexible, and I definitely don't have a great turnout. Watching this video reminds me to take a breath, and remember not to force my turnout. I will focus on my technique more!
I love these RPM videos. They are insightful, and Cheryl's expressive teaching style captivating. I only wish there where more videos on the cannel :-)
Yes I agree, and a great suggestion. also adding the patterns of movement graphically will illustrate the direction of the energy exerted ! Do you do camera work Matt ?
I took ballet for many years in grade school and highschool and i never had anyone talk to me about the proper way to turn out I was always trying to force it it class. Never understood why my hips were so tight. Years later i became a professional aerialist but still struggled with this problem and didn't know how to fix it ... until now lol
MY god I love your story , so visceral and a prevalent reason there are so many injuries and damaged ,disheartened dancers whom have not been given the proper cues of how to safely align their rotation which is simply posture zippers placement occurs naturally when you bring your heels forward and frees up/ safeguards the Body usage !!
I have hyperextended legs and my turnout is just like this girls! Thanks for the tips! But I have a question, I'm already 22, I stopped ballet at age of 9 and come back with 20. Even with my age it is possible for me to get a better turnout and close my fifth position?
I don’t get what the difference is to what we normally try? How can you be sure that the girl doesn’t try to rotate from the knee or ankle? The way we should turn out is from the hip , like you explain correctly but how can you make sure that the dancers don’t still put a lot of strain on the knee? How can one be sure that they turn out from the hip only? Thanks!
Sorry, youtube took me to your video and had to stop it at 0:27. Yes, there is rotation in knees and ankles. That's EXACTLY the problem, if there weren't then there would be no problem. Well I'll give a chance to the video watching some more.
You're sooomewhat correct, but not, don't be like that. Make them turnout more and try to close fifth. You know their knees must face to the side, that it's the femur that should rotate, then strengthen that ! There won't be any injuries if you teach them well like that. Fifth is harder when we grow up. And sorry, but their arms are ugly and their feet sickled when they went to demi-pointe.
@@juanjosefarina Your life must be very empty and sad if you feel the need to call the arms of 12 year olds ugly. And don't add a sorry, you're not, you're an idiot. That's what you are.
@@juanjosefarina I don't know what is the matter with you. These girls are learning. It is rude to call other people's body parts ugly. It's a pity you haven't learned that yet. Something has gone wrong.
when doing tendus to the side and you have bad turnout, are you still meant to go to the side or is that bad for your knees. If i followed my closey with my turnout line it would look like i was pointting to the front.
My problem is that my ankles rotate super easily. My hips hardly rotate at all it’s super frustrating. I feel like drawing a line down my knees to see where my feet need to be. How do I get there? It was a great explanation but how do I improve it as an adult.
Work from the rotation in the hips. You do not want to stress on the knees. You can work on increasing your rotation from the hips by making sure your torso alignment is correct.
look at some studios around your area and take some beginner classes , you can try multiple studios and see which one you like the most and where you enjoy ballet the most. be patient it can be really annoying at first but if you put in the work you will see the improvement in no time.
Continuous use of Zippers in and outside of the classroom done properly change the angle of the pelvis and gives space in the hip joint . Also using zippers and two way energy and doing Therapeutic Barre everyday will contribute to aligning and loosening the joints to transform the legs
No problem. When I talk about Zippers I'm referring to the alignment of the torso. So for example, you would imagine zipping a zipper (as in a zipper on your dress or pants) from the stomach up to the bottom of your sternum. It is a helpful visual image to help you remember not to let your stomach out or open the ribcage.
