What You'll Learn
- Advanced techniques for maintaining a flat back during attitude turns
- The proper transition from a flat back into an arched attitude position
- Refining the mechanics of pirouettes, relevés, and arabesques
- Executing smooth transitions with tombé and pas de bourrée
- Strategies for maintaining balance and body control during turns
About This Video
This 18-minute advanced ballet center practice is designed to challenge your stability, coordination, and artistic execution. Moving away from the support of the barre, we dive straight into complex combinations that require a strong core and precise weight placement. At Broche Ballet, we believe that advanced center work is where a dancer truly finds their freedom, but that freedom is built upon a foundation of technical discipline. Throughout this class, we focus heavily on the mechanics of turns and transitions, ensuring every movement is intentional and controlled.
A key highlight of this session is the deep dive into attitude turns. You will learn the subtle physics of maintaining a flat back as you prepare, and how to gracefully bend into the attitude position as you rise. We break down the differences between a standard relevé and a full pirouette, helping you identify the specific muscular engagements needed for each. Proper arm placement is emphasized as a tool for both aesthetic beauty and functional balance, particularly when sustaining an arabesque or navigating through a series of tendu and rond de jambe exercises.
The class also focuses on the fluidity of footwork. We practice tombé and pas de bourrée combinations to improve your agility and floor coverage. By working through these bourrée sequences, you will develop the speed and precision required for advanced choreography. The instructor provides real-time corrections on common pitfalls, such as losing the height of the leg in arabesque or rushing through a balancé. Whether you are looking to perfect your passé position or find more control in your traveling steps, this practice offers the technical insights necessary to elevate your dancing to a professional level. Join us for this intensive session and refine the details that make for a truly polished performance.
