Ballet Techniques
Training Secrets
These are exercises that speed up your training by helping your timing, coordination, strength, speed and feel for important steps. It also might change your way of looking at a step and will help you improve your technique, as in turns. If you understand more about centrifugal force, your turns could improve. Did you know that an Entrachat Six is really just two actual beats of the legs, not six? Did you know that some stretches can actually make your feet point better and others can dramatically increase your extension? You should be at least Intermediate II level to get the most from this file. So give them a try. You will be surprised.
▶ Play all 55 steps in orderArabesque(air-ra-besk)Arabesque stretcher(arabesque stretcher)Arm lock stretch(arm lock stretch)Assemblé(ah-som-blay)Attitude crunch(attitude crunch)Balancé(bal-lon-say)Ballet splits(ballet splits)Ballet walk(ballet walk)Banana split 1(banana split )Banana split 2(banana split )Brisé(bree-say)Brisé volé(bree-zay-voh-lay)Butterfly stretch(butterfly stretch)Cabriole(cab-ree-ol)Chinese splits(Chinese splits)Coney island stretch(coney island stretch)Door jam split 1(door jam split )Door jam split 2(door jam split )Entrechat cinq 1(ahn-tra-shah-sank)Entrechat cinq 2(ahn-tra-shah-sank)Entrechat huit(ahn-tra-shah-weet)Entrechat six(ahn-tra-shah-sees)Entrechat trois(ahn-tra-shah-twah)Finger turns(finger turns)Gargouillade(gar-goo-lyad)Golden rule stretch(golden rule stretch)Hello dolly stretch(hello dolly stretch)Hong Kong hang(Hong Kong hang)Jeté(zheh-tay)Jumping échappé(eh-sha-pay)Lemon drop stretch(lemon drop stretch)Millionaire stretch(millionaire stretch)Palm beach spread(palm beach spread)Pas de basque(pah-duh-bask)Pavlova stretches(Pavlova stretches)Penché pull(pahn-shay pull)Penché swing(pahn-shay swing)Pencil stretch(pencil stretch)Pirouette(peer-oh-wet)Pointe board(pointe board)Polonaise(pah-lo-nays)Promanades(prohm-nahd)Push-ups(push-ups)Puss'n boots step(puss'n boots)Rond de jambe(rohn-duh-zhom)Round the world 1(round the world stretch)Round the world 2(round the world stretch )Royal(raw-yal)Sit to the barre(sit to the barre)Sleeping beauty stretch(sleeping beauty stretch)Stretching positions(stretching positions)Swan stretch(swan stretch)Turns 1(turns)Turns 2(turns)Wings stretch(wings stretch)