“When the muscles become stuck in an over-contracted state,” she says, “they quit and become weak and tight, and are unable to lengthen properly.” A common mistake is to compensate for a weak, tight psoas by overusing the quads and TFL. But dancers often have weak and tight psoas muscles. Lastly, your hips should be square-not tilted forward or under-and even right to left.įor lifting the leg above 90 degrees, the psoas is the best hip flexor to use, says Faulkner. “While hyperextension is beautiful, you should only use it in the leg that is off the ground.” “Hyperextension turns off muscles you need to stand on your leg and then the pelvis tilts forward, which encourages gripping,” says Faulkner. “Weight can’t be in the heel in à la seconde-it makes your working leg too heavy,” explains Ringer. Make sure your weight is in the ball of the foot.
“If placement in your turnout is proper, your strength will grow incrementally and your legs will eventually go up.” Stop or go back a step if gripping occurs.įocus on the correctness of the position, suggests Jenifer Ringer, dean of the Trudl Zipper Dance Institute at the Colburn School in Los Angeles. Try with both a stretched standing leg and a demi-plié. Progress to attitude (front, side or back), and eventually développé as long as you are able to maintain the turnout and stability of your standing leg without gripping. You should feel the activation lower, near your sits bone, at the gluteal crease. If you can maintain your turnout and the stability of the disc, lift to passé. Transfer weight to one leg, bringing the other to coupé. With each foot on a rotational disc, rotate to first position, then demi-plie. Try This Rotator Strengthener: Rotational Disc Progressions
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Modeled by Mikayla Sciafe of The Ailey School’s Professional Division. Rotate your legs to first position, activating your deep rotators. Lie on your back with heels on top of a large stability ball, legs straight and together, in parallel.īridge your hips into the air, drawing your navel towards your spine to activate your abdominals without gripping the glutes. Try This Stabilizer Strengthener: Stability Ball Bridges The key is to strengthen those small stabilizing muscles so they do their job and you’re not tempted to grip. “When I see dancers who are struggling to get their leg up, the problem is usually coming from gripping the quads, TFL or glutes,” says physical therapist Emma Faulkner, who works with Atlanta Ballet. If you let the movers multitask as stabilizers, it leads to gripping, which means those muscles can’t move freely. These “mover” muscles work best when the deep rotators, inner thigh muscles and deep abdominal muscles stabilize the hip. Going into arabesque uses the glutes, hamstrings and low back muscles. Get to know at least the CliffsNotes version of your anatomy: The main muscles responsible for lifting your leg front and side are your psoas, quadriceps and tensor fasciae latae (TFL). The eye is naturally drawn to the end points of a movement, and, in dance, that often translates to the highest extension.īut what if you’re born without extreme, Instagram-worthy lines? It’s a matter of developing a laser focus on alignment as well as strengthening and stretching with better body mechanics in mind. Ever find yourself lusting after that six o’clock penché, or a développé that will reach your nose? You’re not alone.
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