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Question: Help with ballet please!!?
I feel really stupid!. Maybe I am!. That's likely!.
Anyway!.
I can't seem to remember my steps!. I am in a beginners class, but I seem to always mess it up when I have to put my foot in front and I actually have to put it at the back!. (see my wonderful use of ballet jargon!.)
Is there a normal, standard routine always done at the bar and on the floor!? If there is could someone pleeeaaaase give it to me, in a dumbed-down version!. Dumbed-down like you would explain it to a 4 year old!? Something I could practice at home and memorize!.
I am going to be a exchange student soon and I would like to really work hard even though I am going away!.
Thanks =]]
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Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
As far as remembering where to close your foot!.!.!.well that's on you but remember, if you're doing something like 4 tendus to the side starting with the foot in front and you need it to end up in back, just don't change the first one and then change the rest!. That'll put your feet in the right place!.
Ballet Class Sequence:
BARRE
Plies
Tendue in 1st position
Tendue in 5th position
Degage
Rond de jambe
Fondue
Frappes/Petite battement
Rond de jambe en l'air
Developpe
Grande Battement
CENTER FLOOR
Adage
Tendue
Pirrouette
Small jumps- Petite Allegro
Medium jumps- Allegro
Big jumps- Grande Allegro
Reverence
That is the normal sequence of an hour and a half class but it's always up to the teacher's discretion on how they wish to conduct it!.
Here's a link to a ballet dictionary of terminology that might help you:
http://www!.balletdictionary!.com/ballet_d!.!.!.
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The best thing to do is stop worrying and give your self confidence- I know exactly what your going through!. I do stage dance and sometimes i feel really rubbish when I don't get a certain step in a routine!. For your case don't bother practising a routine just practice the simple positions, pirouettes etc!. Practice in a mirror for 30 mins a day but remember to praise yourself out loud and tell yourself you can do it!. Good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com