I've always liked getting corrections. I really like constructive feedback. This is a great video! Agree with everything said. Another video I watched said to take corrections as a piece of information, not criticism and I think that's fabulous advice.
Great information Julie. Now I understand why my instructor was always correcting me and now that he doesnt as much means that I am (hopefully) improving somewhat. Either that or he has given up on me lol. And I like what you said about the level pelvis and activating the turnout muscles. That makes so much more sense to me now as I would practice at home and seem to always manage to strain my lower back and it would be discouraging. Now I understand why that is probably happening. Thanks!
Jim Norton corrections are so great and help you improve! When you’re improving, your teacher may be letting you put the pieces together before correcting more things, so don’t worry about a lull! I’m glad that it makes sense about the turnout muscles .. I hope it helps you keep improving! :)
Michelle Rimmer I love this shirt too!! It’s from the New York City Ballet shop. They don’t seem to have this exact style anymore but here is one that’s close! nycballetshop.com/women-s-ballet-terms-tee.html
The best correction I got was when we did ponche at the barre (sorry, I don't know how to write it) and my teacher raised my leg over the 90 degrees angle to about 120 (my muscles are not strong enough to do it by themselves) and ever since, I can raise it to around 100 degrees without help.. 😊
Thanks for this video. I took an adult beginning ballet class about 5 or 6 years ago, and was frustrated with the corrections that we got as a class. I understood that the instructor wanted us to have better technique, but it felt like a lot of class time was spent listening to corrections and not enough time actually practicing the movements. What would you say is the appropriate balance between time spent giving corrections and time spent moving/dancing in class? Am looking for another class in my area, so I’d like to know what to look for in a class with regards to corrections. Thanks.
Hi Sharon! Thanks for reaching out. When you're first learning ballet, there is a lot of time spent on explaining the movements, as it's important to understand not only what the steps are, but *how* to do them correctly. One luxury we have at Broche Ballet is that we have the same dancers in class each week over long periods of time (sometimes years), so we can pace the class and spend a few weeks talking heavily, then a few weeks really practicing applying those techniques. But, I would say overall the more correction you're getting, the better, especially in the beginning, so that you know what exactly you need to practice. Hope that helps! Happy dancing :)
I've always liked getting corrections. I really like constructive feedback. This is a great video! Agree with everything said. Another video I watched said to take corrections as a piece of information, not criticism and I think that's fabulous advice.
Jessie Borrell yes!! I love that way of thinking about it too! :)
Great information Julie. Now I understand why my instructor was always correcting me and now that he doesnt as much means that I am (hopefully) improving somewhat. Either that or he has given up on me lol. And I like what you said about the level pelvis and activating the turnout muscles. That makes so much more sense to me now as I would practice at home and seem to always manage to strain my lower back and it would be discouraging. Now I understand why that is probably happening. Thanks!
Jim Norton corrections are so great and help you improve! When you’re improving, your teacher may be letting you put the pieces together before correcting more things, so don’t worry about a lull!
I’m glad that it makes sense about the turnout muscles .. I hope it helps you keep improving! :)
Where do I find that shirt?!? It’s amazing.
Michelle Rimmer I love this shirt too!! It’s from the New York City Ballet shop. They don’t seem to have this exact style anymore but here is one that’s close! nycballetshop.com/women-s-ballet-terms-tee.html
The best correction I got was when we did ponche at the barre (sorry, I don't know how to write it) and my teacher raised my leg over the 90 degrees angle to about 120 (my muscles are not strong enough to do it by themselves) and ever since, I can raise it to around 100 degrees without help.. 😊
That’s so great that your teacher helped with your penche! טל פלג
Thanks for this video. I took an adult beginning ballet class about 5 or 6 years ago, and was frustrated with the corrections that we got as a class. I understood that the instructor wanted us to have better technique, but it felt like a lot of class time was spent listening to corrections and not enough time actually practicing the movements. What would you say is the appropriate balance between time spent giving corrections and time spent moving/dancing in class? Am looking for another class in my area, so I’d like to know what to look for in a class with regards to corrections. Thanks.
Hi Sharon! Thanks for reaching out. When you're first learning ballet, there is a lot of time spent on explaining the movements, as it's important to understand not only what the steps are, but *how* to do them correctly.
One luxury we have at Broche Ballet is that we have the same dancers in class each week over long periods of time (sometimes years), so we can pace the class and spend a few weeks talking heavily, then a few weeks really practicing applying those techniques.
But, I would say overall the more correction you're getting, the better, especially in the beginning, so that you know what exactly you need to practice.
Hope that helps! Happy dancing :)