Arabesque: Torso goes back, as if preparing to bourrée backward. Port de Bras: Keep your arms visible in your peripheral vision.
Always Active: Use épaulement constantly (including in petit allegro). Never look academic or contemporary cramped. Extensions: Move épaulement up and back as the leg goes up. Facing: Generally avoid being too effacé.
Upper Body: Keep your upper back beautiful during fondus and frappés. "Sing" to the music using your arms, head, and expression. Quality: Make everything look effortless. Float with joy like a fairy in a spring garden!
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Coupe de Pied & Turn Out: Turn out back leg more coupe de pied. Arm Placement: Keep arm slightly in front of you. Arabesque Line: In arabesque, arm should be slightly lower and it should be in line with your body. Posture & Preparation: Shoulders down and stand tall in preparation and attitude. Effort & Encouragement: Give maximum effort and lines. Yes! You can do better. Yes! Beautiful.
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Keep shoulders down Always keep shoulders together Body a little forward in balances Turn out heel in forward attitude In pirouettes from 5th, keep body front and get up to passe in an instant
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Hips stable in rond de jambre, but your head movement is amazing! Placing hips really helps with stability Coordinate arms, head, and body when going to releve passe and changing directions
-- Stretch your knee maximum Keep your attitude behind you Arm down in arabesque - 7/28/26 Keep arms a little up (belly button level in 1st position) Turn out even more in 4th position plies Body a little front Arm in front of you in arabesque Yes! Your arabesque is beautiful Heel front in fondu plie (not like a banana; heel front) In ecarte side, keep the standing hip going towards the barre. Yes! stretch knee maximum in grand battements spot really well during pirouettes and the knee goes up fast. Yes! Great job! Beautiful!
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