Different Positions in dance!
Hey guys! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. The new year is going to be great! Today I’ll be talking about the different basic ballet positions. There are 5 different basic positions everyone should know when starting dance or ballet. You must know these positions because all of the other movements build off of them. Now let’s get onto those positions!
Hey guys! I hope everyone had a great holiday season. The new year is going to be great! Today I’ll be talking about the different basic ballet positions. There are 5 different basic positions everyone should know when starting dance or ballet. You must know these positions because all of the other movements build off of them. Now let’s get onto those positions!
Next I’ll explain what is known as third position. Third position is the least used position out of all 5 positions. It is used in the beginner classes as a substitute for fifth position because most beginners don’t have the hip rotation flexibility and turnout to hold fifth position. “third position: the heel of one foot meeting the arch of the other foot” (Copeland 37). For this position you can be in first position and just move one foot and put the heel into the arch of the other foot.
The next position I’ll be talking about is fourth position. Fourth position is also barely used but when it is it helps for jumps, prepping for a turned out ballet pirouette and also transitions. “fourth positon: one foot turned out in front of the other with about a foot of space in between” (Copeland 37). Fourth positon is when you stand in fifth position and tendu forward so that your back foots toes are in line with your front foots heel.
So that is all 5 positions I hope
you learned how to properly execute these positions.
Now my question for you is, do you
have different positions in your sport/activity and if so do you have a
favorite position and which one is the hardest? Comment down below!
Copeland, Misty, and
Charisse Jones. Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina. New York: Touchstone,
Published by Simon and Schuster, 2014. Print.
Hi Kierra! I really enjoyed your post. I've been dancing for a while and I'm pretty familiar with these 5 positions. For me personally, I find that when I am in 4th position, it becomes harder to turn out my back foot. My front foot turns out easily, but its harder for the back one. I've been working on my turnout, to improve that position though. Do you have any tips on how to improve that turn out?
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