Fostena, when I speak of zipping or zippers I'm using that term as a visual image so to prevent dancers from either over tucking their stomach or swaying their back. Does that help?
Hi Margaret, If you think of zipping up from the pubic bone and zipping down from the mid sternum meeting in the middle you will be shortening the stomach and correcting an over-tilt back in the pelvis while allowing the shoulders and chest to stay in a neutral position. This action should bring your torso into alignment without over arching the back or over tucking the pelvis forward. It will also bring you forward over your balance point.
When I talk about zipper(s) it is a term to help visualize the strengthening of your abdominal muscles while adjusting your alignment which is maintained while moving. Imagine a zipper running from the top of the pubic bone to the mid sternum and then imagine zipping that zipper up from the pubic bone and down from your mid sternum to meet in the middle. This is an easy visualization for children as well as adults to help with correcting alignment without over tucking the pelvis. I hope this helps.
I thought this was for beginners. You need to made a few more videos to explain all these terms you are using. I feel the same as I do when a computer expert tells me what do do over the phone while assuming I understand what he is talking about.
Very interesting but, why do you not show males. The reason that I ask is that I have only taken up ballet in the last two years and I am a 74 year old male. So can we have some informative videos for the other 50% of the population who have taken the first step in ballet. I am an engineer so I am used to looking at a workshop manual as a memory jogger and I would like to treat your videos as that but, I do not want to dance like a girl because I am not.
Miss Orchid I am currently filming some new videos and a couple of them will have men. In the meantime most information in my videos applies to everyone. RPM is for all body types. If you have any particular questions don't hesitate to ask.
Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love. Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans . The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom. If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction). He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place. He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it. He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way. Christ says in John 16:33: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.] - (AMPLIFIED version) NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus. If you have any questions let me know xx xxx
This channel is such a blessing! Every video you come out with my dance skills improve♥ thank you for this lovely channel!
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Love this channel. So helpful
How do you do zipper? What is abs doing? Is it like pulling it in ?
Fostena, when I speak of zipping or zippers I'm using that term as a visual image so to prevent dancers from either over tucking their stomach or swaying their back. Does that help?
Hello RPM, It's still not clear what action one needs to do to "zip". Do you mean pull in the abs and tilt the pelvis forward?
Hi Margaret, If you think of zipping up from the pubic bone and zipping down from the mid sternum meeting in the middle you will be shortening the stomach and correcting an over-tilt back in the pelvis while allowing the shoulders and chest to stay in a neutral position. This action should bring your torso into alignment without over arching the back or over tucking the pelvis forward. It will also bring you forward over your balance point.
Imagine when you gotta suck in to zip your tight jeans on
Hello RPM,
Thank you for your response. Then the action done when zipping is sucking in the stomach as Nicole explains below. Hope this is correct.
Love the video, I don't quite understand the zipper technique though...
When I talk about zipper(s) it is a term to help visualize the strengthening of your abdominal muscles while adjusting your alignment which is maintained while moving. Imagine a zipper running from the top of the pubic bone to the mid sternum and then imagine zipping that zipper up from the pubic bone and down from your mid sternum to meet in the middle. This is an easy visualization for children as well as adults to help with correcting alignment without over tucking the pelvis. I hope this helps.
RPM Dance thank you!
When you say zip up, how do you do this without just drawing belly button in towards the back?
I thought this was for beginners. You need to made a few more videos to explain all these terms you are using. I feel the same as I do when a computer expert tells me what do do over the phone while assuming I understand what he is talking about.
Very interesting but, why do you not show males. The reason that I ask is that I have only taken up ballet in the last two years and I am a 74 year old male. So can we have some informative videos for the other 50% of the population who have taken the first step in ballet. I am an engineer so I am used to looking at a workshop manual as a memory jogger and I would like to treat your videos as that but, I do not want to dance like a girl because I am not.
Miss Orchid I am currently filming some new videos and a couple of them will have men. In the meantime most information in my videos applies to everyone. RPM is for all body types. If you have any particular questions don't hesitate to ask.
Keep strong. Dont forget that despite the struggles in this world, God is full of justice, mercy and love.
Justice said we broke His perfect law - causing the world's previous perfection to be
destroyed - and therefore we deserve Hell (like a punishment in any legal system but this is eternal as His perfect law is eternal too). Don't think you fit in that category? Ever done one of these?: lying, stealing - regardless of how small the object EVER, hating others - which is murder in God's perfect law, lusting (plus God sees our entire thought life). Justice says "the soul that sins shall die" - if we break one in thought/word/deed it's as if we're guilty of all of them. Quite simply, living by the law (which is doing everything perfectly) is impossible for sinful humans
. The law shows us that 1. We will die in Hell if we fail to follow it and 2. We cannot save ourselves BUT, 3. God's perfect, immovable law points us to Christ, who followed and fulfilled the law in thought, word and deed perfectly in our place. He did what we couldn't and did it on our behalf. He was then sentenced to death on a cross, and took our personal punishment for our sin, paying our penalty (like paying our fine) completely FOR us, and has given us freedom.
If we turn from the sins we have committed and repent (pursue the opposite direction of love through Christ) He will, overtime, recreate us back into that previously perfect image through The Holy Spirit which Jesus sends to all who accept Him as their personal Lord and Savior of their life. He will help us through the struggle, the stress, and anything we experience in the world. It's about letting Christ in to guide and teach you and obeying Him through His power (not ourselves, we need Him to help us as it's impossible without depending on His power and instruction).
He is our substitute in His life, death and resurrection. He essentially rewrote history in our place so that, if you believe in Him, it will be as if you had never sinned if you accept Christ's death as our own in our place.
He is in Heaven right now preparing a place for us so that He can take His faithful, believing children home with Him when He returns. He will ressurrect us from death when He returns, giving mercy to those who accept His love, instruction and teachings in their life, and give justice to those who refuse it.
He doesn't want ANY of us to go to Hell and die for continuing in evil and rejecting His way to life, thats why He died FOR us. Hes giving EVERYONE a chance, He wants everyone to take the free gift of salvation from Hell. He wants us to be His and begin to follow His life of love and service through His power and abiding (staying) with Him. So long as we keep our hearts near to Christ through His strength, strive to follow His will of perfect love revealed in the Bible, and let Him lead in the midst of (very certain) pitfalls and struggles, we will, in time, win the ultimate victory over sin, pain and DEATH through Christ. Even if you are willing to be made willing, pray for Jesus to come in and He will do what we can't. Give us The Holy Spirit who will guide us in the right way.
Christ says in John 16:33: I have told you these things, so that in Me you may have [perfect] peace. In the world you have tribulation and distress and suffering, but be courageous [be confident, be undaunted, be filled with joy]; I have overcome the world.” [My conquest is accomplished, My victory abiding.]
- (AMPLIFIED version)
NOTE: You are NEVER too sinful or messed up that God cannot turn your life around through Jesus. EVER. Regardless of what you've done or what you're going through you CAN make it through Jesus.
If you have any questions let me know xx
xxx
In deed my friend
Did not know professional level could have thick middles.
Miaow!
Thick middles?