Top 10 Tips for Improving Your Fouettés
Ah, fouetté turns: They can make even a veteran ballerina shake in her pointe shoes. Performing a seamless series of perfectly placed fouettés requires both strength and finesse. Struggling to get to 32? Dance instructor Stephanie Kaiser Green from Eleanor’s School of Dance and other studios in Albany, NY, told us her 10 best tips for improving fouettés.
Close Your Ribs
During fouetté sequences, “many dancers let their ribs splay open in front,” Green says, which throws off their alignment. “I tell them to think about wearing a corset, so their rib cage stays closed.”
Stay Aligned
It’s important to keep your body straight up and down in any turn, but especially while you’re doing fouettés. Imagine a pole running down the center of your body, from the top of your head through your supporting leg and foot.