Ready to get your toes wet (or pointed)? You`ll start on the floor to help you feel your alignment, then progress to standing moves, all adapted from “the barre” – a series of exercises dancers do standing, holding onto a rail to refine technique. Here is some techniques to exercise ballet.
1. Side-lying passe.
lie on your right rise, legs together and extended. Put your left hand on th floor in front of your chest, elbow bent, for support. Extend your arm; rest your head on it. Keep abdominals contracted and pull your rib cage down toward hips. Keep room enough between your waist and the floor so you could slie your hand underneath).
Keeping your hips square, bend your left knee height (passe). Use your abs to stabilize this position, then rotate legs out as you contract your buttocks; the left knee will rotate toward the floor. Next, contract your inner thighs and rotate legs in toward each other so your top knee goes toward the floor and your bottom leg rolls up (don`t let your hips tip forward or back; keep them stacked). Straighten your left leg back to starting position and repeat. Do your reps and then switch sides to do the other leg.