What is Conformation in Ballet?

Question: What is Conformation in Ballet!?

Just reading a Rudolf Nureyev biography and it says he had " a rare turned out conformation!.!.!."

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Having turnout is to be able to turn the feet outward using your upper leg and butt muscles!. He was just talking about how the person had a really good turn out, or rare turned out feet!. In ballet you want to either have natural turnout or work really hard at it!. It's when ballerinas can do this:

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It means the way your body is built!. I!.E!. whether or not you have flat feet, high arches, turned out legs, flexibility etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com