Watch more ballet instruction videos at home, but be prepared to find a teacher, otherwise many movements will not be done properly.

Techniques

★Opening: refers to the opening of the hip joints to both sides of the human body. The opening of the hip joints stretches the lines of the human body and increases the performance ability of the lower limbs. In ballet, There is a certain degree of difficulty in "opening". You must open everything from the hip joint to the knee joint, wrist joint, and toe tip. Do not forcefully open the parts that are easy to open, and do not open the parts that are not easy to open. This will easily cause up and down distortion and make the muscles Or ligament strain. "Opening" the hip joints can stretch the lines of the human body, and opening the shoulder joints not only helps straighten and tighten the back, but also adds a high-spirited spirit and upright temperament to the actor.

★Stretch: It is also one of the basic elements of ballet. In basic training classes, leg stretching is one of the topics that teachers often remind students of. It can be said that whenever the power leg moves, especially when it comes off the ground, the foot must be stretched. Stretching the feet also has two important functions. First, stretching the feet undoubtedly extends the length of the legs and enhances the streamlined beauty of the legs. Second, foot stretching training can give the ankle joints a strong workout and enhance the sensitivity from the ankle joints to the toe joints.

General beginners often stretch the instep but not the toes or only stretch the toes but not the instep during foot stretching exercises. This does not meet the requirements of the standards. The foot stretching must start from the ankle joint. Penetrate all the way to the toes and let the toes find the soles of the feet. In fact, the tighter the instep and toes are, the tighter the legs and knees will be. An actor must endure thousands of boring and monotonous foot stretching exercises, and find the true meaning of ballet basic training in the leg stretching.

★Straight: In basic training, it is an overall concept. It requires the body to be straight and upright, not to slump the waist or protrude the hips, not to lift the chest and belly, and when the legs need to be straight, the knees must be tightened. The basic training requires that the human body be straight for two purposes. One is from the perspective of spiritual temperament, to make people have a pleasing and handsome appearance that doubles the spirit, and to give people a vibrant and youthful beauty. The other is from the perspective of skills and technology training. Angle, in any case, when the upper body leans forward, backward, left, right or out due to the needs of dancing postures, the center of gravity of the human body must be strictly kept vertical. The vertical center of gravity is necessary for the human body in the upright state. Only in this way can the human body be kept upright. The dance is leisurely and done in one go. The shape of the human body in dance is ever-changing, and only the center of gravity is constantly adjusted during movements. From this, we can understand that the upright training in basic training is a kind of skill training.

★Li: It seems to be similar to "straight", which is true, but it is superficial to understand it just like this. "Li" has its own meaning. First, in terms of the overall concept of the human body, "standing" will give people a feeling of elevation, which is a beauty of lightness, agility and spiritual temperament, which is similar to "straight". The second refers to the standing of the waist. This is the essence of "standing" and must not be taken lightly. Because the waist is the part with the largest range of motion in the body.