Stretches

Here I have put together some good stretches that I've heard from my teacher and other dancers to help a lot with ballet.

The Froggy Stretch!

I love this one just 'couse it's called the froggy! hehehe! No, I also like it because it improves your turnout. Lye on your stomach with your knees bent outward like a frog, keeping your heels together so that someone standing above you would see the shape of a diamond. The goal is to get your feet to touch the ground. But you HAVE to keep your pelvis flat on the floor! Otherwise you'd be cheating. Some people have naturally good turnout and can get there feet and pelvis all the way on the floor like a breeze! But people like me have to keep working at it. The good thing about this stretch is that after you get used to it, it does'nt really hurt that bad. So you can be reading a book or watching TV while doing the froggy! And when people ask you, "What n'the heck are you doing?" you just tell them that you're doing the froggy, and they'll leave you alone, hoping your mind sickness is'nt contageous!