Oh pointe shoes! How I love you and how I hate you.... Such is the life of a dancer though! Important note: DO NOT PUT ON A PAIR OF POINTE SHOES WITHOUT PROPERLY WARMING UP THE REST OF YOUR BODY FIRST!!!!!!!!!
Now that I've got that nasty little tid bit out of the way let's begin. When starting a warm up like this always force your shoes to stick to the floor like you're dancing in a thick layer of molasses. Its strengthens your feet and gives you a better quality when doing floor work.
Releve's en pointe are different from releve's in technique shoes. You must always focus on pulling your toe under where your heel was.
This next combination should be done at least eight time to get the full effect (Back, front, back, front, back, front, back, front.)
Doing a nice short Pas de bourre combination is a good way to check your alignment and your placement. I'd recommend doing this four times at the barre and four time in the center.
Well that's all for Without a pencil's warm up series! Our next post will probably be centered around proper hair styles for recital and maybe some more dance inspiration!
As always, I'm very eager to hear from you, message my facebook page or comment on here! -Ms Ivy
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