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Summary: Learn about body positions for advanced ballet dancing in this free instructional dance video.

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by Carrie J

I am just getting back into ballet, but have taken many years. I am watching these videos to help me brush up. I think you may have done crosse derriere twice and never did eface devant. (sorry about my spelling). You may want to watch it again and see if it needs to be revised. If I am wrong I apologize.

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Body Positions for Advanced Ballet Dancing

So for some advanced body placement think of yourself as standing on your own personal box. There's a flat front and 2 corners that you place yourself on. To the flat front you have all the Quatrième devant which means you're just flat facing front in the box, all the quadtrim, the arms, all secont same thing you do with either foot, all the Quatrième devant, all the Quatrième Derrière and you effacee which is open with the arm above the other arm to the side and there's a slit tilt to the head and then behind foot is forward. You can also do that Derrière effacée, I say Derrière, this is Écarté which is thrown wide open looking up pass the elbow or you can do it Derrière looking back down or the opposite elbow. You can also do croisée devant with the arm crossed, the leg crossed in front or Chassé Derrière crossed to the back, and those are some advanced ballet placement.

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