Area of Development- Turn out

In Dance, turnout is essential and it comes from your hips. It shows the lines of the body and the position is more pleasing to the eye and more presentable when seen turned out. It also increases mobility and you are less likely to trip when dancing turned out. It allows you to move in different directions more easily. When your feet are parallel, moving sideways or backwards is much more difficult than if you were turned out, it increases the height of your extensions and lastly it creates a more stable balance.

I can develop my turn out by going to the gym and using the Hip Abduction/Adduction Machine this will help me to strengthen my hips to be able to hold turnout. To strengthen your hip rotators, stand with your feet parallel and toes and heels together. Tuck your tailbone in, pull your belly button into your spine and position your rib cage over your hips. Lifting the balls of your foot and contracting your glut muscles while you rotate the hips and pull the feet outward, keeping your heels together as you assume a natural first position. Return to parallel. I can also work on holding your turn out by doing Plies every day and imagining my hips wrapping round the backs of my legs. 

To improve my turn out I will work the Hip Abduction/Adduction Machine in the gym for longer on my PE lesson on Thursdays. I will also aim to Plie at least 30 a day, and will do this mostly while brushing my teeth or waiting for the microwave to finish. I will also complete the hip rotator excise when I am bored or waiting for something.