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[@hylabrookbooks]

sir, i'm from texas and I am just starting out in dancing.this is the first channel that really breaks down the movements, and what you did here sir with the split screen was a fantastic idea. The other day I gave myself the shin splits doing a plie, so as to not embarrass myself for class I took it upon myself to know some terminology and positions. I loved this video because it really showed me how I was hurting myself and now i can focus on working the correct muscle groups and practice safely.

[@onlineballetclass]

Samantha, great there is nothing wrong in not knowing. You can always ask. Maestro Greenwood

[@onlineballetclass]

Thank you for your nice comments. Please if you have any questions please ask. More stuff here. Maestro Greenwood onlineballetclass.com

This is the kind of mistake we hardly notice while exercising. I like your videos because they help me to really perceive them myself and correct any time I see I´m doing them. Self-awereness is a hard ability to achieve but it´s essential.

[@LadyeStagsleapStudio]

Your models might want to wear light colored leotards. I can barely see her torso! :)

[@onlineballetclass]

Thank you, good comment

[@phoebehall8416]

Yeah I agree 👍

[@ashtonpluchinsky1482]

This helps alot. I am in dance class and need good ballet posture and because of this I keep my back straight and can do ever step correct, THANKS FOR THE HELP!

[@onlineballetclass]

Your have three main muscles in your butt. If you work the medium and the minim which are situated at the top of the butt. Then you don't tuck under. Its when you engage the big muscle them one tends to tuck under. Maestro Greenwood

[@Prosemo]

***** "Honey Bunny" is a insult. Do you know Andrew?: In support of Andrew I must say, its a -ballet technique video-. Technique supports artistry. Emoting feelings had to do with repertoire and should NEVER be taught in ballet class! EVER!! Ballet never was and never has been an art os self-expression. The dancer has to know how to do this, but once it is put onstage, the director/choreographer/repetiteur/regisseur is the person who -tells- the dancer what he or she should be feeling, projecting and saying onstage. This is not for formal classes. This is -only- for coaching sessions, with little if any exceptions.

[@anatofind2830]

Maestro Greenwood onlineballetclass the ronde de jambe explanation is just so perfect. I am definitely doing it wrong and know it but it is really important to see both side-by-side.

[@MegaTrivial]

do you have a video on how to train those muscules?

[@kaylahall7496]

Love the split screen, very helpful. Please make more like this.

[@yolandanelson8755]

i am 51 years old have always loved dance and have decided at 51 to learn the disciplines of this beautiful art form. Never had any formal training but work out 4to5 times a week. Once was somewhat agile but I'm very stiff and awkard but that's expected since i'm a beginner. At age 51 can i achieve the grace,limberness that I so love in ballet? Would like someday to instruct less forunate children in this lovely art form.

[@fleurdelacour5247]

yolanda nelson You can learn ballet because you want to learn it . Dont give up. I m 15. Learning ballet by myself and i will never give up

[@obbzerver]

0:00 to 0:45 you say the dancer is tucking under. Can you clarify? Tucking what under? Also you say they're not rolling in - again can you clarify? Rolling what in? They look essentially identical to me.

[@eduardoantunesdacunha]

Me and all Mannheim students want to know this answer... Please help!

[@nicholebro9455]

It means you're not sticking your bottom out but to me it also looked identical

[@BreeElisexo]

Tucking under is almost hunching forward and sucking your lower stomach back and in. Look at exactly 1:00 on the "wrong side". Her body is not straight compared to the "right". Rolling refers to the feet mostly and it's a small difference but from the side view her heels are leaning forward more instead of pressed to the ground. You can see it affects her knee placement ever so slightly as well, with her knees more forward and less aligned over the feet.

[@onlineballetclass]

Yes, she is rolling in her foot. She tucks under in her butt. More stuff here. Maestro Greenwood onlineballetclass.com

[@lauren-sq5cd]

Same

[@sarawillards962]

For those who has built the correct movement pattern initially, grace and elegance is naturally revealed. For those who has built the incorrect movement pattern initially, a life long course is one reparation followed by another reparation. Ballet does teach one the moderation rather than ambition and excessive passion.

[@faithmckay4635]

Great video, i do gymnastics and would also like to do some ballet

[@SBSF04]

Great video! These things maybe little changes but can make a big difference

[@yanney6881]

Great class . Very helpful. Thank you very much!

[@keithbosch7432]

Thanks. Helps me a lot! Please keep them coming.

[@victory4926]

CONGRATULATIONS MAESTRO GREENWOOD.

[@onlineballetclass]

Thank you very much Maestro Greenwood

[@strongself37]

Thank you. Love the split screen.

[@onlineballetclass]

Your very welcome. Maestro Greenwood

[@Prosemo]

Hi Andrew. Just some thoughts about some problems I see: The dancer is not fully turning out. In first position, turnout is from the floor, spirals up -between the heels- through the legs, through the acetabulum/labrum into the back and adbomen, in front of the spine. Further, she is too far forward, to allow turnout to work through the body more holistically. As well, this allows the dancer aesthetically to open herself to the audience, which is the theatrical reasoning for turnout that evolved from the Ballet d'Action era to current era: to display the dancer in way that allows him or her to communicate kinetic content and meaning through the proscenium. Lastly, she tends to overcross battements en avant and en arriere. This may be fine for a post-classical technique such as Balanchine Technique©, but I am assuming this a classical ballet class. Best to align the heel with the heel, rather than the toe with the heel, to make up for hyper-extension, which is desirable in most professional dancers, as well as the ligne of the foot. -Philip

[@hylabrookbooks]

golly. someone taking on ballet like a second language reads this and has no idea what you're saying. wish i did though!

[@sylvibahr9834]

Prosemoq

[@marianadejesusnunez1506]

Love your method 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗

[@onlineballetclass]

Thank you, Maestro Greenwood

[@katherinemarsh7429]

Just lifting and not sacrificing we graduate sooner :)

[@TsubasaDreams]

Could you do a video on tour jetes?

[@verilu8]

I wish my mom would let me get into ballet classes. I am trying to learn online but I struggle without an actual teacher, and don't even have proper clothing and shoes for ballet.

[@KUBE.archvis]

You'd be amazed how much you can accomplish with socks or barefoot. Focus on building strength, balance, and flexibility. While trying to master the basics as best you can. Once you finally make it into a dance studio one day, you will be ahead of the game and happy that you dedicated time to prepare. Don't let a lack of dance lessons right away discourage you into giving up. 😊

[@supriyasahu2202]

Keep doing this. ...i want more of these. ..you're amazing thanks

[@onlineballetclass]

Dear Supriya, thank you for your kind words. I will be making a new set of films this month. If you have any wishes. Please ask.

[@onlineballetclass]

Thank you very much Maestro Greenwood

[@desdeel1982]

In ballet class the teacher usually says to squeeze the but in so the hips dont sway back . its hard not to tuck under sometimes how do you squeeze the butt without tucking under?

[@KUBE.archvis]

By development a body mind connection and contracting the muscles to stabilize the pelvis instead of using the muscles to pull the pelvis under in a posterior tilt.

[@summerbreezenight]

What's tucking under?

[@DanielleBurman]

can you do a video on fouette turns?

[@angelangel9659]

amazingggg AMAZING CONGRATS

[@FreSsoOn]

Thanks!! I just get a little confused becuase oyu say right side and I look at the side on the right lol

[@AlphaGeekgirl]

+FreSsoOn You're right.. he should have put the correct one on the right.. so that 'right' would always be 'right' and never confusing. I had to watch it 3 times before I got what he meant.

[@dpara22]

FreSsoOn omg seriously ? You really can’t see the clear label on the screen of wrong and right ? Ca you not spot the difference between incorrect and correct ( given the same students demo both) ? 🥶

[@LecheVitrineUK]

this is very helpful =)

[@EliLee]

Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@machiserrano1907]

I want to learn ballet in mrs hooks class

[@theprancingpony6075]

I'm not a dancer but I want to be. But at 1:00 I can't see what the difference is. Can anyone help?

[@onlineballetclass]

Yes, this maybe a little advanced. But look at the hip movement. Or one part of the body. More stuff here. Maestro Greenwood onlineballetclass.com

[@0nyxflying639]

So I’m self taught I don’t do any kind of class I do online classes and just like I said teach myself I’m not as flexible and watching the girl be able to put her leg all the way up makes me annoyed.....is there anyway for me to become more flexible

[@onlineballetclass]

Just to look at stretching video and practice

[@summerbreezenight]

What does it mean, "tucking under"?

[@onlineballetclass]

When you tuck you butt and block your hips

[@emmerensiacoetzee7390]

at 6 , i was the wrong , but by years end i was the best , then it all stop ,,,,,,,,,,, i am 54 and all i wish to do , is to have the priviledge for once to be in a studio , before i die....

[@onlineballetclass]

How, I have respect for that. Follow your dream. kzbin.info/aero/PL4021D7F5C281F8DC Maestro Greenwood

[@saulgarcia7083]

is this what new students do

[@katherinemarsh7429]

Shoes and tights are white - nope - black tights

[@nicoleneron8179]

My teaxher says to find your center

[@angelangel9659]

i couldnot open the lin kmy god whuere can I see the videos pleaseeee

[@onlineballetclass]

How, can I help you? kzbin.info/aero/PL4021D7F5C281F8DC Maestro Greenwood

[@KatherineRogers]

It is difficult for YOUNG students to know what is meant by turning out too much. Isnt turn out supposed to be a GOOD thing? Suppose you could mark a center dot on the floor under the center of the dancer. Now suppose you could picture an arrow from the center back of the knee through the front of the knee. Imagine you could draw a chalk line on the dance floor to the direction this arrow pointed. Suppose you could do this also for the other leg. Feet should be along this arrow. Turn out is to be with the hips and thighs (upper leg above the knee). Turn out is NOT about forcing the feet and angles further than this. If your teacher is trying to get you to force turn out at your feet and ankles or by putting your back in some funny position, change teachers. From a doctors point of view, the dancer on the left is doing better than the dancer on the right but feet are still past her knees on the left. I suggest that young dancers lay on their sides with feet pointed forward relative to their body. Use the hip and upper leg to roll the leg outward. (Doing this exercise while NOT standing prevents using the floor to hold the foot and ankle in an unnatural position) Here is another turnout exercise that you all can practice while waiting for the school bus or to go into a class. Stand with feet facing front. Now put your weight on one leg with the opposite foot just off the floor. The foot is still facing front, but a friend could slide a piece of paper under that foot if you wanted. Use your hip and upper leg muscles to rotate your leg outward ie where your knee rotates toward facing your side. As a beginner you will be very unlikely to get there but any rotation at all will strengthen these muscles. Again that foot you are rotating SHOULD be off the floor so you cant use the floor as a cheat. All the rotation should come from ABOVE he knee. If you have theraband and can get a loop of that or a similar loop of stretchy material, then excellent. YOu can put the loop around your legs above the knee. Bend your upper legs 90 degrees to your body and your lower legs 90 degrees to your upper legs. You should be in the position you take when sitting in a chair. Use your hip and upper leg muscles to rotate your knees apart. Go immediately back together. Once this gets TO easy to do a number of reps of this, then try doing the exercise but holding a second or two when your knees are apart. (Why must the band be above the knee? Because with young growing legs, it is NOT proper to put sideways stress on the structures that tie the lower leg to upper....which would happen if the band was ON the knee or BELOW the knee. Exercise safely please).

[@katherinemarsh7429]

Even 18 year olds wear black tights These women look like teenagers