When you were little did you ever dream of being a dancer? More specifically, a ballerina? Well here in this post you will get to live your childhood dream and learn the basics of ballet! I will go through the basic 5 ballet positions so that you can try them on your own at home!
1st Position: When talking about first position you need to first envision a slice of pizza. Once you have one in mind think about the shape of it; it makes a triangle. That's the same kind of shape you are going to be making with your feet. So, you start by gluing your feet together from toe to heel. Then slowly, while keeping your heels glued together, slide your toes apart from each other. Not to far that you can't balance, but far enough to make a triangle shape when you look down at your feet.
2nd Position: Once you have made a beautiful first position with your feet, a yummy piece of pizza, we are going to move into second position. To do this is actually very simple. All you have to do, keeping your feet in the same position, is slide one foot out from the other to the side. You want your feet to be about if not just under shoulder width apart. When you look down at your feet they should still be in the same first position we made earlier, just your heels and no longer touching.
3rd Position: Now having mastered first and second position, I think we are ready to move into a few more difficult positions. Next we will move into third position. So, remaining in the perfect second position we just made, you are now going to slide that same foot you slid out back in to bring your feet together. However, this time when bringing your feet together you are going to bring that foot in all the way so that it slightly crosses in front of your other foot. Your heel of your front foot sliding in should touch the lump or bone of your big toe. Don't cross your feet to far otherwise you may fall over!
4th Position: Next we move onto fourth position. Fourth position is slightly tricky but once you nail third position then this one is a cinch! So, remaining in our third position, all you are going to do is slide your front foot forward. When you slide your foot forward you want to imagine that someone is pulling your heel forward making your foot move. This way, your foot will remain turned out. Now you don't want to slide your foot forward too far as you may fall over, you just want to move it forward so that they are evenly spaced under your hips. This way you will be able to stand there forever with no discomfort or unsteadiness.
5th Position: Now we move on to our last position, fifth position. This one does take some practice to perfect but lets give it a try! Lets start by going back and making our third position again. If you don't remember feel free to scroll back up a bit and refresh. From here, all we do is simply slide our front foot even more across the other foot. So instead of your heel touching your back foots big toe bone, it is going to almost touch your big toe!
Do you have any cool dance moves you know and would love to share? Maybe just a simple step that you could teach someone? I am always up for learning so feel free to share!
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