Category: Dance
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Soutenu Analysis (Complete Guide Step by Step)
We will be discussing the seven stances included in a Soutenu. We will be looking at the positions of your spine, hip, knees, ankles, shoulders, and your elbows at each given stance; and the prime muscles involved at each body segments when you are performing the actions.
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Exactly How Much Back Flexibility do you need to do a Perfect Arabesque?
It is easy to calculate the minimum back extension or back hyperextension flexibility that is needed. First thing you would need to do is test your active hip extension flexibility. Hip extension combined with a turn out unless you are doing a parallel Arabesque.
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Antagonist Short, Length Conditioning
ASLC is a concept under the umbrella of strength exercises in EasyFlexibility system. Extended Length Conditioning and Peripheral Conditioning are found in the same group. All three types of techniques work the joint in its deep range.
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Developpe Harmony: Best Stretching Technique
Strength, balance, control, awareness and of course flexibility are factors needed to extend the leg high, with grace. At the same time full control of the movement and holding the leg vertical is what all ballet dancers strive for.
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Overstretching for the skills you want. You need more flexibility than you think you do.
So how much flexibility do you really need? Say you want a 180 degree Penche or a Side Tilt. Or to hold a head high Martial Arts Kick to your friends face.
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Re-injuring Yourself All The Time? There Is A Hidden But Common Reason Why
You see most people are not flexibility-wise balanced. One side of the body is usually tighter than the other. This happens due to many causes:
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Is it possible to perform an Arabesque with a neutral spine?
In theory, it is possible to stretch the ligament to bring the leg to 90 degrees hyperextension. There are ballet dancers and rhythmic gymnast with deep hip hyperextension coming from the flexibility of both the ligaments and the muscles. The safety of such range of motion coming from the stretched ligaments have been debated for…
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Lower Back Spasms During Arabesque and How to Prevent Them
One of the questions I got when discussing the Arabesque was lower back spasms experienced by many dancers. This is especially true of the beginning students, but this can also apply to the advanced students, especially if multiple performances follow each other closely, or there is a special Arabesque requirement such as in specific choreography.
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“I try the stretch. BUT… I feel it in the WRONG Place”, Please help!
I try the stretch Have you ever had this happen to you? You try a stretch, and you don’t even feel it, where you should feel it. You feel it somewhere else! What’s up with that? It can be a bit discouraging to want to target a specific muscle and not only feel it there,…
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Today your tightest stretch will become easy…
Have you ever been so tight in a stretch, you could not even start the stretch? You are not alone, many people have this challenge. Here is how to solve it