| Are you one of the dancers asking this question: | | | | involved in getting a good ballet posture. |
| “how to improve ballet turnout?” It is common | | | | I know, the problem always is that there is not enough |
| knowledge that all ballet technique centers around your | | | | time in class to work on all the separate problems that |
| turnout. There are ways though, that you can work on | | | | really result in a bad turnout in the end. There are |
| it. You have to do it right not to make matters worse | | | | many students in class and the teacher can simply not |
| so read on for some ideas. | | | | give too much individual attention to each student. |
| The very first thing you have to understand about | | | | Further, practicing only once a week is also not really |
| your ballet turnout is that it does not start with your | | | | enough. You have to work at it daily if you really want |
| feet. Yes, I know that sound rather funny, but it is true. | | | | good results. |
| Your turnout starts in your hips. It is no use trying to | | | | The best solution to this problem is, of course, to get |
| force your feet more than they can go. So, working on | | | | some of the many training videos and books to help |
| your turnout means working on all your ballet technique. | | | | you. This way you can make sure you are practicing |
| Beware! Forcing your turnout and trying to turn your | | | | the right way and that you are not only practicing in |
| feet out more than they want to go will only result in a | | | | the bad posture and bad turnout even more! |
| terrible “roll” and then you sit with an added | | | | So if you want to know how to improve ballet turnout, |
| problem. So, work on your turnout by working on it | | | | work on it with your whole body, the correct posture |
| from your whole posture and all the techniques | | | | and not only from the feet. |