Ballet Video Class

           On September 4th of 2012 our Ballet class sat in a classroom to watch ourselves in a video recorded the last class we attended. Us students had to watch, analyze, and make corrections by annotating while observing the video. I personally was not on the video but I did applied some notes to myself by watching the other students. In general, the class needs to be more synchronized, specially the arm movements that most of the time get mix up by other different movements. Balancing in any position looks and feels harder because the weight shift is far back and the is not engagement of the torso. I saw a lot of arm placement just passing through the position instead of sending the energy through the fingertips and giving life to make move softer and easier. Tondus, pasees, queue de pies were sequel ed and to make it easier to come down from any position, toe, ball, heel is crucial. When closing in any position the class needs to brush through the floor. When doing a cambree the head should be slightly to the side to prevent damage to the neck and go back as farther as possible. In any combination in the bar or in the center following the rhythm of the music and graving every movement until the last minute gives more stability to the body to keep the energy level until class ends. A lonchee is a soft movement that sometimes can be a little stronger but we always have to make sure to not flit the hands because it looks aggressive and sloppy. The accent in batu is out. When we fondu we have to use all the counts and remember that both opposite legs come and go at the same time. Spotting on pirouettes makes them easier then they are because spotting gives force and firm stability. When tandu we need to make sure to have both legs straight. Arms are falling behind when beginning a pirouette. Promenades are not done hopping on the supporting leg but passing through with mini steps to get to the other position. When doing arabesque the supporting leg needs to be turn out, the other leg behind our head and hips square to the front. In the center, when doing petite allegro there is not a lot of traveling because the word says fast and small and the arms should be used as followed. This class video was very helpful for me because I always find something new about every dance mate and that also can be helpful for my body alinement in general.