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Exercise 3
Demi Plié
From the Other Side in Fifth and Fourth
position
We start with demi-plié in First Position.
Rise in First Position, grand-plié and ports de bras to the front and back.
We make a little change in Second Position and Fourth Position. 2 x grand pliés and ports de bras toward the barre and away in Second Position, then circuit port de bras in the Fourth Position.
We finish with demi-plié, relevé, grand plié in Fifth Position, and circuit ports de bras away from the barre.
Relevé in Fifth Position at the end.
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From the other side we’ve got the plié exercise which continues to work the hips, knees and the ankle joints.
The key factor is to keep the weight forward so the weight is forward through the balls of the feet.
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Good stretch through the hamstrings, and now the lift, through the upper back for the backwards port de bras.
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With the grand plie we keep heels on the floor to maximize the stretch through the inner thighs.
Make sure that the weight doesn’t tilt back behind the heels.
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Again, the port de bras is working just from above the waist.
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The pelvis stays nice and secure, keeping the rotation of the legs from the top.
In the Fourth Position there needs to be an adjustment in weight so that it is at the centre of the feet.
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Full circle port de bras... relax the head..., and finger tips lead the way around.
You want to make sure that the rotation is happening from the hips and not from the feet.
Reverse circuit port de bras
all the way.
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For the rise we have a good strong posture with shoulders relaxed...
stay nice and long through the body... then finish.
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ADULT
BALLET
EXERCISES
with
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.
Devant - to the front.
Derriere - to the back.
Passe - passed.
Relevé - raised up
or to rise.
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