OMG ! This was so very helpful ! I love how you assume nothing and break everything down to it's smallest part. That is something that teachers sometimes forget us absolute beginners need. You rock.
The voiceover actually made it more clear! You don't need to spend so much time trying to convince us it sucks - your content is always great so it never sucks!
it honestly felt like a hot mess as I was editing! I was like "theres no way any of this makes sense!" I guess when you're sitting there with audio clips and footage all over the page, it looks more unorganized than how you see the finished product. it literally took a week to get this to be cohesive lol
@@SaltySugarPlum Hi! i have a question so please reply, lol. last night at class my teacher said that my supporting leg’s foot turns in before i get to my passé. i tried to fix it but i then i can’t figure out how to get around. i don’t know what to do. and i’ve never had a teacher tell me this before so i guess i have a strong habit of this and i can’t break it. how do i fix this?
No, the use of VO makes this a great instructional video. No poo, no dumpster fire. People walking by the window is a normal studio activity. Guess what, you accidentally did it the right way. The rental was money well spent. I mean, other than the wonky unlevel tripod.
Wow wow wow Amazing wonderful thoughtful helpful game changer peace inside exact for the outside-nothing better then this exists Most gracious thank you
Thank you so much for this video! I’m not a ballet dancer but I am working on my dance fundamentals because I am a musical theatre major. I first found your video on stretching because I am working on my splits and have fallen in love with your channel! You break things down so easily and into such great detail that nobody else tells me! I have my single pirouettes but have been struggling with my doubles (especially keeping my balance to make it around two times) and this helped immediately! Especially the tip about opening the arms a little to keep yourself from winding up and the tip about pressing your shoulder blades down
When you're pirouetting, does your foot that's not on the ground press against the knee or does it just kind of hover slightly in front of the knee? I ask because my flexibility doesn't easily allow me to bring my knee out to the side and if I don't press my foot into my standing leg knee a little bit then my raised knee tends to move forward, which is just horrible.
I think its okay to press a little bit, but you should not solely rely on pressing. you want your leg to be lifting up during the passé (and perhaps that 'lifting up' feeling will help suspend you, and get an extra pirouette!) the higher the passé the better. so too much pressing may make it difficult to keep lifting... I do sometimes see the "hovering" and I believe that is just a side effect of centrifugal force sort of pulling the foot off the knee. if you are "lifting" more than "pressing" the foot will have a little more freedom for movement, and that may be why the foot tends to detach and appear to hover over the knee, rather than pressing and staying glued.... I somehow also have this bad habit of keeping my passé very low (sometimes over-crossing) and it makes my pirouettes sloppy :( I notice on the few days where I can get m sh*t together and finally focus more on continuously LIFTING the passé leg up, the turn feels lighter, more suspended, and looks cleaner. so try not to think of it as just gluing your toes to your knee and staying there (although the tiniest bit of touching to help your proprioception can be helpful), think of the toes continuing to slide UP the leg until the very end... even if you physically dont have the strength of flexibility to keep doing it, just thinking about it may trick your body into staying up longer :)
yes lots of ankle strengthening! if you have one of those stretchy resistance bands, you can push your foot through that... I mostly recommend to practice relevés (aka "calf raises") a little bit every day... and try to do them on one leg when you're ready. even at home, you can hold on to a chair or wall for balance and practice doing sets of relevés on one leg (slow and steady will make you stronger than fast and jumpy) you can start out with 3 sets of 10 raises daily- or every other day. and gradually build up; 3 sets of 20 next week... then 3 sets of 30 on your 3rd week etc... be sure you are achieving a high "proper" relevé though! (I have a tutorial about relevé you can watch to give you an idea of what a "proper" relevé is) and it will DEFINITELY help you in pirouettes!! you will also notice your calves get more toned :)
awe you're pretty awesome. maybe leave an address cause I cant put a CC on line.... hubby would lose his $#@$. can you do that please? Great video learned alot.
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OMG ! This was so very helpful ! I love how you assume nothing and break everything down to it's smallest part. That is something that teachers sometimes forget us absolute beginners need. You rock.
The voiceover actually made it more clear! You don't need to spend so much time trying to convince us it sucks - your content is always great so it never sucks!
it honestly felt like a hot mess as I was editing! I was like "theres no way any of this makes sense!" I guess when you're sitting there with audio clips and footage all over the page, it looks more unorganized than how you see the finished product. it literally took a week to get this to be cohesive lol
@@SaltySugarPlum Hi! i have a question so please reply, lol. last night at class my teacher said that my supporting leg’s foot turns in before i get to my passé. i tried to fix it but i then i can’t figure out how to get around. i don’t know what to do. and i’ve never had a teacher tell me this before so i guess i have a strong habit of this and i can’t break it. how do i fix this?
This is the most helpful guide on pirouettes I have ever watched and I have watched many. 👍🏼👍🏼
No, the use of VO makes this a great instructional video. No poo, no dumpster fire. People walking by the window is a normal studio activity. Guess what, you accidentally did it the right way. The rental was money well spent. I mean, other than the wonky unlevel tripod.
Omg tysm this helped me a lot. I’ve literally tried to do the perfect pirouette for more than a year now and this rlly helped me
Wow wow wow Amazing wonderful thoughtful helpful game changer peace inside exact for the outside-nothing better then this exists
Most gracious thank you
god, you're young, love your tutorials, there's hope for me
Great video as always money well spent on the studio :)
Only you could mention these unique and detailed tips on turns. I have never heard of it before. It's really helpful !!! Thanks so much.
Thank you so much for this video! I’m not a ballet dancer but I am working on my dance fundamentals because I am a musical theatre major. I first found your video on stretching because I am working on my splits and have fallen in love with your channel! You break things down so easily and into such great detail that nobody else tells me! I have my single pirouettes but have been struggling with my doubles (especially keeping my balance to make it around two times) and this helped immediately! Especially the tip about opening the arms a little to keep yourself from winding up and the tip about pressing your shoulder blades down
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your tips and steps are so useful for me as a beginner...thank u so much!!!! U are an awesome teacher!!!
Very informative and well presented.
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Than you so much! Great video! Very helpful advice, you addressed many of my sins! X
Very nice!
The su-su version seems more stable. Rolling up sounds dangerous. The fast passe sounds most safe!
Great tips!!! Could you make a tutorial on en dedans pirouettes?
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Very helpful! Thanks!
When you're pirouetting, does your foot that's not on the ground press against the knee or does it just kind of hover slightly in front of the knee? I ask because my flexibility doesn't easily allow me to bring my knee out to the side and if I don't press my foot into my standing leg knee a little bit then my raised knee tends to move forward, which is just horrible.
I think its okay to press a little bit, but you should not solely rely on pressing. you want your leg to be lifting up during the passé (and perhaps that 'lifting up' feeling will help suspend you, and get an extra pirouette!) the higher the passé the better. so too much pressing may make it difficult to keep lifting... I do sometimes see the "hovering" and I believe that is just a side effect of centrifugal force sort of pulling the foot off the knee. if you are "lifting" more than "pressing" the foot will have a little more freedom for movement, and that may be why the foot tends to detach and appear to hover over the knee, rather than pressing and staying glued.... I somehow also have this bad habit of keeping my passé very low (sometimes over-crossing) and it makes my pirouettes sloppy :( I notice on the few days where I can get m sh*t together and finally focus more on continuously LIFTING the passé leg up, the turn feels lighter, more suspended, and looks cleaner. so try not to think of it as just gluing your toes to your knee and staying there (although the tiniest bit of touching to help your proprioception can be helpful), think of the toes continuing to slide UP the leg until the very end... even if you physically dont have the strength of flexibility to keep doing it, just thinking about it may trick your body into staying up longer :)
@@SaltySugarPlum Thanks Im gonna try this tonight! :)
Do you think strengthening the ankles can help me hold my body up on releve for like 2 seconds? Then hopefully soon i can do a mini piroutte ?
yes lots of ankle strengthening! if you have one of those stretchy resistance bands, you can push your foot through that... I mostly recommend to practice relevés (aka "calf raises") a little bit every day... and try to do them on one leg when you're ready. even at home, you can hold on to a chair or wall for balance and practice doing sets of relevés on one leg (slow and steady will make you stronger than fast and jumpy) you can start out with 3 sets of 10 raises daily- or every other day. and gradually build up; 3 sets of 20 next week... then 3 sets of 30 on your 3rd week etc... be sure you are achieving a high "proper" relevé though! (I have a tutorial about relevé you can watch to give you an idea of what a "proper" relevé is) and it will DEFINITELY help you in pirouettes!! you will also notice your calves get more toned :)
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awe you're pretty awesome. maybe leave an address cause I cant put a CC on line.... hubby would lose his $#@$. can you do that please? Great video learned alot.
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