dawnswyrboy Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hi. Whenever I plie, I dont create the diamond shape. I understand the way to place your knees in your plies, going out to the sides rather than forward, but, no matter how hard I try it doesnt happen. I am mostly a contemporary dancer, and have noticed how I cant stand in perfect parrallel, and my Right leg is naturally turned out, and its most un natural for me to stand in parralel. Anyone know what on earth is going on? Thank You Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted May 17, 2008 Administrators Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Hello dawnswyrboy, welcome to Ballet Talk for Dancers. Your question is really a technical question, rather than a Health or Nutrition problem, so I need to move this to either Young Dancers 13-16, 17-22, or Adult Students. If you tell me where you fit in terms of age group, I will move the post and hopefully get you some answers. Link to comment
dawnswyrboy Posted May 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Young Dancers 17-22. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted May 17, 2008 Report Share Posted May 17, 2008 Let me see if I've got this problem aright. If the problem is that you cannot naturally stand in parallel, then there is no problem, at least as far as classical ballet is concerned. And if you cannot make the "diamond" shape between the legs in first or fifth position plié, then the problem is easily identified: the legs have to turn out from the hips. If the rotation isn't there, then just putting the feet onto the floor in a turned-out direction isn't enough, in fact it could be downright dangerous, putting a lot of torque on the knee joint, which it wasn't designed to take a whole lot of! Link to comment
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