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Exercise 1
Battement Tendu and Demi Plié
Battement Tendu and Demi Plié is the first warm-up
stretch exercise.
This Warm-up Battement Tendu and Demi-plié exercise (facing the barre) starts with slow battement tendu front turn in, turn out, plié the foot and point.
Close into First Position and demi-plié.
Repeat the same combination to the side and to the back, then finish with ports de bras to the side and to the back.
We do the same exercise with the left leg and finish the whole exercise with relevé in First Position.
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Working
on posture, make sure that the pelvis is in a nice strong alignment
standing over the supporting
leg.
Work through the turn out
muscles on the inner thigh...
rotate from the top of
the leg.
Work through the feet, and let the
torso relax.
Stay strong and lifted through the spine.
Mobilize the upper body into
the sideways
port de
bras.
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This Warm-up Battement Tendu
and Demi-plié exercise (facing the barre) starts with slow battement
tendu front turn in, turn out, plié the foot and point.
Close into the First Position and Demi-Plié.
Repeat the same combination to the side and to the back, then finish with
ports de bras to the side and to the back.
We do the same exercise with the left leg and finish the whole exercise
with relevé in First Position.
Relax in the ankles to achieve
a nice, deep,
Demi- Plié.
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Work through the spine from the neck, through the upper back on the
backwards port de bras.
Be sure all the toes are on the floor
so you are getting good use
of the
turn-out.
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Open Battement Tendu... turn
in... turn out... flex through the
toes... and close, demi-plié.
Work through the left side into the
sideways port de bras feeling the lift through the back before
the upper port de bras.
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Finish with a nice strong balance...
feeling center... shoulders relaxed. |
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ADULT
BALLET
EXERCISES
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Illustrations
and Descriptions
On
Each Page to Guide You Through
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Tendu - means to stretch.
Battement Tendu -
is the stretching of the leg and foot away from the body with toes
remaining on the surface of the floor.
Plié - means bending of the knees.
Demi-Plié - is half bending of the knees.
Grand-Plié - is half bending of the knees.
Ports de Bras - graceful and expressive movement of the arms.
Relevé - raised up or
to rise.
Demi-plié, Relevé -
half bend raised up.
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