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Question: Which way do you turn when doing pirouettes!?
do u turn to your right or left when your right leg is the supporting leg!?
do u turn to your right or left when you left leg is the supporting leg!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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It depends which kind of pirouette you are doing en dedans or en dehors

en dedans you turn inward toward your supporting leg!.

*if your left leg is supporting you turn left
*If your right leg is supporting you turn right

en dehors you turn outward toward the leg in passe!.

*If your left leg is supporting you turn right
*If your right leg is suporting you turn right

en dehors
http://www!.abt!.org/education/dictionary/!.!.!.

en dedans
http://www!.abt!.org/education/dictionary/!.!.!.

pirouettes
http://www!.abt!.org/education/dictionary/!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Oh God, I've had problems with this for a long time!. It's so confusing!.

Right pirouette:
Your left leg is supporting, and your right leg is up!. You turn to the right!.

Left pirouette:
Right leg is supporting, and you turn left!.

The way I remember it is when you're preparing, make an "L" with your hand that's in front!. If it makes an L, you turn left, and if it's a backwards L, you turn right!.
When in doubt, turn towards your leg that's in passe!. Ex: if your right leg is up, you turn right, and vice-versa!.

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there are different types of pirouettes!.!. there is pirouette en dedan where you turn inwards and pirouette en dehors where you turn outwards!.!.!.!.!.!. for a en dehors if your left leg is the supporting leg you turn to the right and like wise with the right supporting leg you turn to the left!.!.!.!.!. if your doing an en dedan u turn to the left if ur left leg is supporting and to the right if ur right leg is supporting!.!.!.!.!.

hope that wasnt too confusing :P

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You turn over your right shoulder when your left leg is the one you are turning on and the the right leg is in possee!.

You turn over your left shoulder when your left leg is the one you are turning on and the left leg is in possee!.

In this youtube video the man starts off with left piourettes!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=tl42pivlH!.!.!.

These girls do right piourettes at the 12 second mark!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=HjOsiXrup!.!.!.

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it depends if you are doing en deden (inside turns) or en dehor (outside turns) the most common is en dehor!.
In an en dehor turn if you are on your right leg with left raised you turn left!. If you are on your left leg with your right leg raised you turn right!.
For en deden it is opposite!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

When Right leg is the supporting leg i turn to the left
and when left is supporting you turn right

i love pirouettes!. :D i can do 10 in a row currently
im so proud lmao!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You turn left when your right leg is supporting,
And you turn right when your left leg is supporting!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

when right leg is supporting you turn to your left!.
when left leg is supporting you turn to you right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

you turn right with your left leg supporting and you turn left with your right leg supportingWww@QuestionHome@Com

i turn to the left with my right leg supportingWww@QuestionHome@Com