Every ballet class, whether you're a prima ballerina or a 4-year-old in your first pink tutu, beings with pliés. A simple bend of the knee stretches the legs, demands proper posture and begins to regulate breathing. It is the key to launching and landing leaps with grace, ease and power. For the four-year-old, it won't get much more challenging than a plié, whereas the prima ballerina will use a plié later as one of many components of her choreography.
As a young
Every ballet class, whether you're a prima ballerina or a 4-year-old in your first pink tutu, beings with pliés. A simple bend of the knee stretches the legs, demands proper posture and begins to regulate breathing. It is the key to launching and landing leaps with grace, ease and power. For the four-year-old, it won't get much more challenging than a plié, whereas the prima ballerina will use a plié later as one of many components of her choreography.
As a young ballet student, I desperately w…
