How do you do fuettes?

Question:How do you do fuettes (on point)? Please give som step by step advise on how to do it. Do you have to know how to do fuettes to get in to The royal Ballet School (London, england)? I am 13 going on 14...

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: How do you do fuettes (on point)? Please give som step by step advise on how to do it. Do you have to know how to do fuettes to get in to The royal Ballet School (London, england)? I am 13 going on 14...

1. prepare as you would for a normal pirouette, fourth position plie
2. do one pirouette but don't land
3. from passe put your leg out in front to about 45 degrees and the other leg is in plie
4. move the leg that was in front to the side, it should now be at 6o degrees, your standing leg is still in plie
5. at the same time, straighten your standing leg and go onto releve and have the other leg go into passe
Some factors that will help you turn:
keep both of your legs turned out
coordinate your arms with your legs (however you have been instructed)
SPOT! the key factor

GOOD LUCK!!!
two weeks ago I could only do 2 fouettes to the left, now I can do 13!

Actually, it is "fouettes"....or "whipped" turns.
They appear of course, in ballet, but also you see it in jazz dance too......

There are three parts of a "fouette"..........

Part 1
Start preparing to do a pirouette turn as you normally would---wind up to do that pirouette just like a baseball pitcher winds up for the pitch.......

Part 2
As you start your pirouette turn (one full revolution), the supporting leg should go up into releve and your free leg will be in passe position....but only for a very brief moment...because you will start executing something like a "developpe" on that free leg........

Part 3
The hardest part of the fouette....in the middle of the pirouette turn, extend your free leg away from your supporting leg as if you are doing the "ending part" of the developpe (and at the same time, the full revolution "spin" will stop only for a very brief moment in time)... the free leg is horizontal and partially straight but you still need to point the free leg's toe. This will give the "fouette" its prettiness.

After Part 3, if you want to complete another "fouette turn", you put the free leg back into passe position, and as you turn again, "developpe" that free leg again at the end of the turn.

Another difficult part of a "fouette turn" is control of the turns.
The "fouette turn" in a single revolution starts with a fast part of the spin and then a sudden stop at the end of the full revolution as the free leg goes out. So, the best bet to avoid falling down at the end of the fouette turn is to make sure that
your upper body stretches and tightens at the end of the turn to maintain your balance, and make sure that your spotting is absolutely perfect....any flaw in your spotting will ruin ANY
fouette turn.

I hope that all of this will help you make your "fouette" turn the best that it can be.......

before you attempt these you MUST make sure your ankles are as strong as they can be. practice releves and plies everyday before and after.

and if you know how to do fuettes flat-footed, you would use the same technique on pointe but really make sure to get up on your pointe shoe and over your arches or else you can mess up your ankles. first try the step-by-step at the barre slowly before moving to the floor.

good luck!

It doesn't come over-night, but here's what you have to do.

1. prepare (as you would for a pirruette)
2. as you plea, be ready to pop up onto the toe shoe.
3. once you start turning, you should have your leg in front of you (at 90 degrees), while you are facing back, and you should be on the ball of your foot.
4. as you come around to the front, pop all the way up and open your leg to second (still at 90 degrees).
5. keep repeating. Don't forget to spot!