Balancé Tutorial

[@hadassah8549]

YOU ARE THE BEST AT EXPLAINING THIS!!!!! I have watched about 6 videos and could not get this. You have explained this the BEST WAY! I am a brand new dancer. Age 65 and taking ballet for exercise because I love it. I just subscribed to your channel. I will be watching more. Thank You!

[@howtomathz]

Best balancé tutorial on the youtube for sure! Thanks for the clarification on this. :)

[@houmankamali5617]

This video still helped four years later :)

[@AntiAshley]

My teacher didn't explain the up/down and the arm movement especially. This helped. Thank you!

[@Gigis_Poems]

So helpful. Thank you for breaking it down into tiny steps!

[@antheavarda9533]

We are dancing a small choreography with my class, that includes balances. I'm sure I will do much better now that everything is clarified in my mind! Thank you!

[@jasonknight8307]

this really was *super* helpful! I was adding the extra, nonexistent upbeat in between

[@Bornahorse]

This was so helpful! I loved this move as a kid because it felt so effortlessly graceful but had completely forgotten the name!

[@ironfront9573]

The way you included how the movements fit the the waltz count was very helpful.

[@SaltySugarPlum]

glad it helps!

[@fanerinaarts666]

You are wonderful! The best ballet tutorials EVER !! Thank you so so much!!!!

[@rln212]

Seriously, the BEST tutorial out there for this!!! Thank you SO SO SO much for making sense of this for us adults new to ballet! :)

[@stellacardozo8163]

You are such a great teacher! Thanks so much!

[@KiraHelenRose]

Sometimes my teacher uses a pas de cheval when beginning balancés from fifth, to make them look nicer/fancier. I'm super jealous of all your cotton 3/4 sleeve pinch front leos. It's literally the style that suits my body the best. I love the look of them. They aren't the easiest to find these days. At least not in varying brands and with low backs. I tend to find them a lot of the time with high backs and I'm like, "Eff that! I have a tattoo to show off!"

[@SaltySugarPlum]

yeah I've heard they're hard to find. almost all my leotards are hand-me-down from my mom when she did ballet. I have the good old stuff :P

[@rhonabonna]

Thank you I had no idea how to do one and got it by the end of the video 🎉

[@tameraalvarez6438]

Excellent tutorial!

[@rosalbatrentin489]

Merci beaucoup !!

[@annehermes3364]

Very nice video ! It helps,really !

[@azucena315]

Great tutorial, thank you!

[@TaliankaSings]

What’s the title of the book you used in this video? Looks very interesting and helpful! :D

[@ednaelliott1]

Basic Principles of Classical Ballet by Agrippina Vaganova

[@esstown]

Thank you for this lovely tutorial, it was extremely helpful. It cleared up a lot! I had one idea though - if the words on the screen were to appear to the side? Smaller and somewhere away from you? So that we can see everything you are doing more clearly! Love.

[@SaltySugarPlum]

agree about the words being off to the side. I'm using a very primitive version of iMovie that doesnt allow me to move the text exactly where I want. it's pretty limiting, but maybe I can try to use a different movie editor and see if I have any luck!

[@esstown]

Oh my goodness - that sounds like a lot of trouble! Maybe putting the words on before the demo might be okay or edit in a repeat demo without words? I hope you're doing great, your tutorials are amazing.

[@timn6378]

Hi Salty , Can you give some examples of favorite scenes or dancers who does balance in a way that just captured your attention?

[@eve_in_a_box]

thank you so much i finally figured it out

[@emmapi105]

it's very very good explain !!!!!!!!!

[@michaelfitzgerald3467]

I like that box dance around 7:30 kinda Fanny Elssler.

[@hoolia4987]

Beautiful

[@rishabhareja1639]

Hey Can you mention which Book is this?

[@mit1487]

Thank you :)

[@dance20el30]

Some people say it's down up up and others say it's down up down. Can someone explain to me?

[@SaltySugarPlum]

down up up is more for pas de bourree. balance is usually taught down up down

[@dance20el30]

@@SaltySugarPlum OK thank you 😊

[@SP-kk5nj]

What is B+ position? Never heard of positions in letters, only numbers. Thanks x

[@esstown]

B plus is a common pet name for croisse derriere en attitude a terre. Can also be done efface - as in swan lake, Mariinsky version where all the corps swans are standing in a couple lines. The knees should touch, the angle of the attitude is same as it would be en l'aire, and it looks stunning with a good turnout.

[@suhhackenhaar8886]

What name the book??

[@yanatrukhacheva6016]

Basic principles of classical ballet by Vaganova

[@김선저-s5s]

😄

[@DiCasaFilm]

FIRST

[@tonychaseiamnotgaynotnever2043]

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