This moment is your past, present, and future

The music is never too fast—you’re always too slow. You’re slow because your head is low—get your ears back and stop leaning forward.

DEMI-PLIÉ AT THE BARRE: Most dancers tend to relax and sit low in their demi-plié which slows down their dance movements and lessens their jump. Good dancers actually minimize and purposefully work their demi-plié extremely carefully knowing that it has to propel their bodies upward in poses, turns, and jumps

Move it or lose it

Listen to your body. It always tells you what it thinks.

PIROUETTE FROM 5^TH POSITION: First, work into your demi-plié by clawing the floor with your toes and gripping with your feet. Coil your spine so you’re ready to release the turn. Simultaneously flick the floor with your front foot and pull those toes toward the arch of your supporting foot as you push down and relevé. Spot sharply. Your arms can either remain open in second, or closed in first. Think: TOES, EYES, ARMS.

The magic is in the motion

Just because it’s always been done “that way” doesn’t mean it can’t be done “this way”

OPPOSITION: Each movement you make—wherever it is in your body— must have energy and weight traveling in the opposite direction.