Ballet Shoes and Pointe Shoes and Details About Turnout
Nine of the ten questions I get about ballet is about turnout. Very few of us are born with the hip socket and flexibility that gives us the 180 degree look. I say “look” because it is very rare that a dancer actually has it, but the luckier ones are close.
It’s more important to hold the turnout that you do have….if you watch dance movies carefully you will see that the most brilliantly artistic dancers in the world are not necessarily born with a lot of turnout - and it doesn’t matter! That is the good news.
Here’s some technical info: your lateral rotator muscles are your prime turnout muscles, specifically: Piriformis;Obturator Internus;Obturator Externus;Quadratus Femoris; Gemellus Superior; Gemellus
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The balance and tone of any muscle comes from its ability to work, and its ability to relax when not working. Clenching your lateral rotators and not relaxing in between exercises, doesn’t strengthen your muscles. Turning in during class, in between exercises, is a good habit. Yoga is excellent for stretching - don’t give it up!
Get an illustrated dictionary or anatomy book from the library and take a look at all these muscles. I think this helps with feeling them working and then relaxing.
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It really is about the turnout you can hold, as opposed to the look. I was watching the bio movie on Suzanne Farrell recently. She is so NOT turned out. But that doesn’t matter when she is dancing. What matters is she had professional training and was very
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Every prima ballerina has different attributes physically. Many are not born with that wonderful turnout. It just doesn’t matter. Am I repetitive? I’ll say it a hundred times!
When dancers take advantage of Pilates and Yoga, they are learning to enhance their muscle tone. Dancers build up a lot of tension, which leads to a deterioration of muscle tone.
If you’re not convinced, go to thebodyseries.com and buy a book “Tune Up Your Turnout” by Deborah Vogel. You couldn’t get a better or more detailed study on the anatomy and function of turnout.
Rent a few ballet movies and watch the stars. They are not all turned out - but they are in control and, on the whole, dancing
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Dianne M. Buxton is a graduate of the National Ballet School of Canada. She taught at, and choreographed for The National Ballet School, York University, and George Brown College, in Canada, and taught at Harvard University in the U.S. Click here for ballet shoes, pointe shoes, strengthening exercises, dance news, dance books, diet and health for dancers,DVD’s and more.