What You'll Learn
- Techniques for shifting your whole body weight as one unit for better balance.
- How to manage and redirect momentum during turns and transitions.
- Proper execution of échappé, soutenu, and sous-sus en pointe.
- Using arm placement and upper back engagement to stabilize single-leg balances.
- Strategies for maintaining turnout and alignment during center combinations.
About This Video
Welcome to an intensive 30-minute practice session with Broche Ballet, designed to help you find stability and grace while dancing en pointe. This class is structured into 20 minutes of targeted barre work followed by 10 minutes of center combinations, focusing specifically on the mechanics of balancing and staying up on a single leg. Mastering the shift of weight is one of the most challenging aspects of pointe work, and this lesson provides the technical breakdown necessary to achieve professional-level control.
Throughout the class, we emphasize the importance of moving the body as a single, cohesive unit. When you shift your weight, your entire frame must move together to maintain your center of gravity over the box of the shoe. We explore how to manage momentum during transitions, ensuring that your weight and energy are directed intentionally to avoid falling off balance. You will practice essential movements such as the plié, sous-sus, and échappé, learning how to use these steps as foundations for more complex combinations.
Julie provides specific corrections for common technical hurdles, such as maintaining proper turnout while under the pressure of a turn or transition. We also delve into the role of the upper body, demonstrating how "scooping" with the arms and engaging the upper back can provide the necessary counter-balance to stay lifted. The class covers various turning combinations and techniques like the soutenu and pas de bourrée, teaching you how to manipulate your body position to achieve fluidity and precision.
By focusing on the subtle relationship between weight distribution and momentum, you will gain the confidence to hold single-leg balances longer and with more ease. Whether you are looking to sharpen your center work or find more security at the barre, this session offers valuable insights for any dancer looking to elevate their pointe technique. Join us at Broche Ballet and take the next step in your dance journey with this focused technical practice.
