Guest DancingOrca Posted September 25, 2002 Report Share Posted September 25, 2002 Hi! I'm new here, but I'm not new to ballet... Anyway, I was wondering if anybody had some advice on how to isolate the hip rotator muscles, and some exercises to strengthen them. Any help is appreciated! Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted September 25, 2002 Report Share Posted September 25, 2002 Hi, Megan, and welcome to the Young Dancers' Forums here at Ballet Talk on Ballet Alert! Online! The very simplest isolation for the hip rotators is the old sit-on-the-floor and rotate the legs from the hips out and back to neutral. In barre, the rond de jambe à terre is also a great natural exercise for the rotators, but in a coödinated manner, rather than in isolation. Are you having any difficulty with the inward rotators of the legs? if so then try stretching the gracilis muscle in particular. This muscle is one that gets stretched in the good old leg-on-the-barre stretch, as well as the rest of the muscles of the hamstrings area. Link to comment
Guest Luv2DancePointe Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 hello Could you please explain what the "à terre" part of the rond de jambe is? I'm sure I've done the exercise before, but never heard that term. I looked up what "rond de jambe à terre" meant on a translation website, and it says "round of leg with ground" so does that mean a regular rond de jambe exercise that is generally done at the barre? Sorry, if I dont' make sense! thanx! Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted October 2, 2002 Administrators Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Rond de jambe à terre, or par terre, means it is on the ground, as opposed to rond de jambe en l'air or grand rond de jambe en l'air. Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 Yup! That's it - "a circle of the leg on the ground" - as opposed to those done en l'air, with the leg à la seconde or grand rond de jambe en l'air, going from an extended quatrieme devant to a quatrieme derriere, or vice versa. Link to comment
Guest Luv2DancePointe Posted October 2, 2002 Report Share Posted October 2, 2002 You are so smart! I know I've said that before, but it amazes me! I guess it's not really that hard to learn all of the terms, but I just know the basics, and don't think about the rest! (I guess I should....) anyhoo, thanx for the insight! Link to comment
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