What You'll Learn
- Techniques for driving the hips up under the head for maximum vertical stability
- How to maintain a consistent vertical axis during piqué and attitude turns
- The relationship between a strong grand plié and turn preparation
- Tips for spiraling the spine around the standing leg to close turns tightly
- How to keep the shoulder properly aligned over the hip in passé
About This Video
In this comprehensive advanced ballet center class, Broche Ballet invites you to refine your stability and precision during complex turns and transitions. The session begins with a rigorous focus on grand battement and grand plié, establishing the foundational verticality required for advanced center work. We delve deep into the mechanics of balance, emphasizing the crucial sensation of the hip pushing straight up under the head.
This alignment is essential not just for static poses, but as the motor for dynamic movements like the attitude turn and piqué turn. Throughout the class, we explore several key combinations including demi-plié with stretches, développé front, and tombé attitude. A major highlight of this practice is the focus on turn stability.
Whether you are performing a pirouette or a piqué turn, the instructor guides you through the spiral of the spine around the standing leg. This mental and physical cue ensures that your turns remain compact and controlled, allowing for a tight closure and a clean finish. We also address the common challenge of maintaining the shoulder position relative to the hip in passé to prevent falling out of the turn.
By keeping the shoulder outside the hip and focusing on the vertical drive from the pelvis, you will find a newfound sense of lightness and security in your center work. The class concludes with a short waltz sequence, integrating these technical corrections into fluid, artistic movement. This practice is designed to help you move beyond merely completing a turn, moving instead toward a place of mastery where every rotation is executed with intentionality and grace.
Join us at Broche Ballet to elevate your technique, find your center, and master the art of the turn.
