The developpé one changed my entire life... Katie's videos have helped me so much in such a short amount of time, I have improved A LOT. You're my new best friend, thank you so much for this channel!
After years of not dancing consistently, the limited turnout I had seems completely lost. While in class now I feel like I fight and really force to maintain any turnout. Can you suggest any daily exercises that can make the most impact on my turnout? Great, awesome quick tips by the way! Thank you!
Kristin Becks Do exercises for middle splits and hip flexibility, this will help your turnout. And I also just stand in fifth position a lot 😊 but my turnout isn’t perfect as well
I actually have a condition where I was born with my hips turned in, so I don’t have good turnout or a good range of motion in my hips. Maybe try looking into physical therapy. If your hip hurts, I would also look into hip displasia
I really love how straight-to-the-pointe (ha) your videos are. It's a lot easier to remember your tips in class with the short format! You're doing an awesome job!
Wow, I wish I learned about these things sooner. My teacher is the loveliest human being ever, but she never taught us what a difference your attitude and thoughts can make in your technique. I'll definitely try to use these in class tomorrow!
Fantastic tips - balance, turns, arabesque - it's all stuff I seem to be forgetting when I'm tired or thinking about the combination, and it always works exactly the way you explain it.
These tips are so helpfull! :) I just recently started ballet again and falling deeper in love every day ;) Greetings from the other side of the ocean!
I've been waiting for a video like this for so long from many different dancer youtubers. that one with when doing a pirrouette think of bringing the right arm back just saved my life.
Counterbalance Placement: grow one more inch of space inbetween ribs und hips: enlongate your abdomen Turn: bring shoulder back and arm back (don’t swing your arm though) develope; Focus on standing/ supporting not on lifting leg (distraction) Arabesque: (opposite shoulder to toe) jumps: front food get out as soon as possible, think go up (saut de chat)/ out (grand jete)
A really helpful video! I injured my foot in my last ballet class and wont be able to dance for at least a week, but I'll rewatch your videos to feel a bit better :)
I just started doing some ballet last october. I'm a 17 year old guy and I love it. I take a bunch of dance classes at my studio but they only have ballet twice a week and thats the one I really want to get good at. I do theatre so being a professional is my goal
That 1-inch longer waist tip is GOLD- everything that needs the work just falls into place. I think I’ll start telling that to my fencing students to fix posture!
I woke up and saw this video, and since I’ve always had an issue gripping my thighs I decided to try the develope hack, and it was EFFORTLESS! These tips are amazing and ao helpful! Keep doing what you do :)
Great tips! Especially for pirouettes. Usually I only do singles or kinda bad doubles but I was doing solid triples, thanks to your tips! Keep up the great work! 💖💖
can you help with frappes? the different ways to do them and how to increase speed without compromising placement? that would help me and my technique lots!!
So helpful! My teacher told the same thing to us in class, but usually I am too busy arguing with myself inside my head to really pay attention. It is sooo much better to think it through when relaxing and thinking back to it. Thank you a million time!
The Developpé one helped me so much!!!!! before i watched this video my leg was basically only 5 centimetres off the ground and now i can lift my leg up over my shoulder while keeping my hips square!!!!! thank you so much!!!!
Hi Katie! I love your videos, and was wondering if you are taking suggestions. I would love to see an updated "how I sew/break in my pointe shoes" and an updated "what's in my dance bag" video. Thank you so much!
The tip where you put all your weight onto your supporting leg really helped because before I couldn’t keep my leg up and it would just drop a second after
The muscle you wanna use is the hamstring, not the quad. If you focus on that you’ll turn out from your glutes, not your knees, and it’ll be easier for you to lift without pinching your psoas
Thank you for this Kathryn! I literally only started ballet last month and I used your adding one inch to the torso hack in class and my teacher kept saying how wonderful my posture was, I'm having trouble with footwork and combinations but it's probably just because it's new and I have zero dance experience! Thank you from a new subscriber 😉
These are so amazing and helpful! Another tip my teacher told me for pirouettes: in your preparation, put more of your weight in your front foot; it will prevent you from falling backwards. Also, can you do a video on turnout/ how to improve it? I have quite the in-turned hips and any knowledge on how to improve that would be amazing!
How do you get the back leg up consistently in a grand jete? Thanks for the wonderful videos, Katie. Congrats on your marriage! I have a friend who has been a shut-in lately and your workout/barre videos have been a godsend for her! Thanks!
All of your videos help me so much (I can't express how much)! I've been training at home, ever since I quit ballet classes. I am able to learn so much. Much love
This helped so much, I am only 11 and all my teachers are already noticing my improvement!!! Thank you so much!!!! You just earned yourself a new subscriber!!
Could you do a video on exercises to strengthen specific muscles needed for ballet and good technique? I came into ballet very late with sub par training so I need lots of help with the technique and strength I am lacking.
I would love videos where you bring others dancers/teachers of different styles (Balanchine, vaganova, cecchetti, etc) and discuss differences. It could be a whole series! Method Mondays/Technique Tuesdays etc.
This helped me so much!! I've watched so many of your videos and have been writing down good corrections in a notebook and I've been so thankful you make these. I've improved already❤❤
this was a huge help. Thank you very much because my teachers in class kept giving me some of these corrections and i didn't know what i was doing wrong, now after watching this i already see improvements so i can't wait for class tomorrow!!
my pointe teacher always tells us we can do everything in ballet. its all in your brain. when you do a left leg and 'cant do it' think of something else. THIS HELPS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
this helps so much! i have an audition coming up for an arts high school that would give me 4 more years of formal training during school, along with my studio time, and i hope these can help me get accepted!
Clara Friis Heyy, I had the same thing. I started focusing on strengthening my "turn out muscles" (Kathryn has a video covering that I think) When those muscles are strong, your position stays in place and you don't get pulled to the opposite direction/loose your balace. At least for me it was that.
I will try these tips in class tomorrow night! Going to watch your pirouette video now Kathryn because I keep getting dizzy and falling over when I try 😂😂
Thank you so much, one of my problems is staying on the balls of my feet during barre, also is there a trick to doing pirouettes at the barre? I can do singles in the centre pretty well but the barre seems to throw me off and rarely stay on releve and kinda fall into the barre instead of catching it with my hand.
will you give advise on pain tolerance like being able to wear pointe shoes the whole time also how to use your rotaters and butt muscles while dancing
the tip about “adding an inch” to your ribs literally changed my life forever
I need all the help I can get 😅
o l i v i a l l i s o n sameeeee
Aww well I hope this gives you more confidence! I am sure you are doing great!
o l i v i a l l i s o n Me too, and no, I'm not doing great at all.😂
Same I’m trying to get better
Samee lol I’m so late too, I wanna be just like misty Coleman lol
The developpé one changed my entire life... Katie's videos have helped me so much in such a short amount of time, I have improved A LOT. You're my new best friend, thank you so much for this channel!
After years of not dancing consistently, the limited turnout I had seems completely lost. While in class now I feel like I fight and really force to maintain any turnout. Can you suggest any daily exercises that can make the most impact on my turnout? Great, awesome quick tips by the way! Thank you!
Kristin Becks Do exercises for middle splits and hip flexibility, this will help your turnout. And I also just stand in fifth position a lot 😊 but my turnout isn’t perfect as well
I actually have a condition where I was born with my hips turned in, so I don’t have good turnout or a good range of motion in my hips. Maybe try looking into physical therapy. If your hip hurts, I would also look into hip displasia
I really love how straight-to-the-pointe (ha) your videos are. It's a lot easier to remember your tips in class with the short format! You're doing an awesome job!
Wow, I wish I learned about these things sooner. My teacher is the loveliest human being ever, but she never taught us what a difference your attitude and thoughts can make in your technique. I'll definitely try to use these in class tomorrow!
I just got tingles in my chest from how excited i am to try these hacks in class...😮
Fantastic tips - balance, turns, arabesque - it's all stuff I seem to be forgetting when I'm tired or thinking about the combination, and it always works exactly the way you explain it.
Can you do a video on beating and how to get those quick beats in your jumps?
Ella Mottola yes I need that I've been having trouble with that has well
Inner thighs!
Just so you know, the official word is Battú. Most studios say beat tho lol
Omg fr- being Russian trained, it always makes me laugh
Ella Mottola 2 really big tips for beats are 1- engage your turnout and 2- use a deeper plié
These tips are so helpfull! :) I just recently started ballet again and falling deeper in love every day ;)
Greetings from the other side of the ocean!
Anne-Wil Timmerman Same here!
I'm going to re-watch this video before every ballet class from now
I've been waiting for a video like this for so long from many different dancer youtubers. that one with when doing a pirrouette think of bringing the right arm back just saved my life.
I feel this comment so much.
I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU A HUG RIGHT NOW!!!!!! I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR THIS!!!! YOU'RE AMAZING❤💕
D'Asha Crawford aww same!
Counterbalance
Placement: grow one more inch of space inbetween ribs und hips: enlongate your abdomen
Turn: bring shoulder back and arm back (don’t swing your arm though)
develope; Focus on standing/ supporting not on lifting leg (distraction)
Arabesque: (opposite shoulder to toe)
jumps: front food get out as soon as possible, think go up (saut de chat)/ out (grand jete)
I literally tried all of these and… WOW
Who would have thought such simple details could make such a difference?? You're the best Kathy!
A really helpful video! I injured my foot in my last ballet class and wont be able to dance for at least a week, but I'll rewatch your videos to feel a bit better :)
This is going to help so much- especially with the leaps! I am naturally flexible, but have a lot of trouble with big jumps. Thank you so much!
I am such a big fan! I have been doing ballet for 8 years now and I am hoping to be a professional one day!
I just started doing some ballet last october. I'm a 17 year old guy and I love it. I take a bunch of dance classes at my studio but they only have ballet twice a week and thats the one I really want to get good at. I do theatre so being a professional is my goal
That developpe trick about supporting hip totally worked just now when I got up from my chair and tried it! Thanks for all these tips!
That 1-inch longer waist tip is GOLD- everything that needs the work just falls into place. I think I’ll start telling that to my fencing students to fix posture!
I woke up and saw this video, and since I’ve always had an issue gripping my thighs I decided to try the develope hack, and it was EFFORTLESS! These tips are amazing and ao helpful! Keep doing what you do :)
Great tips! Especially for pirouettes. Usually I only do singles or kinda bad doubles but I was doing solid triples, thanks to your tips! Keep up the great work! 💖💖
can you help with frappes? the different ways to do them and how to increase speed without compromising placement? that would help me and my technique lots!!
So helpful! My teacher told the same thing to us in class, but usually I am too busy arguing with myself inside my head to really pay attention. It is sooo much better to think it through when relaxing and thinking back to it. Thank you a million time!
The Developpé one helped me so much!!!!! before i watched this video my leg was basically only 5 centimetres off the ground and now i can lift my leg up over my shoulder while keeping my hips square!!!!! thank you so much!!!!
Hi Katie! I love your videos, and was wondering if you are taking suggestions. I would love to see an updated "how I sew/break in my pointe shoes" and an updated "what's in my dance bag" video. Thank you so much!
The tip where you put all your weight onto your supporting leg really helped because before I couldn’t keep my leg up and it would just drop a second after
question: people always say to use the inner thigh for developpés...what does that mean?
o l i v i a l l i s o n just push your inner thigh out for good turnout
denise no no its not that
It means don’t grip the top of your thigh, like imagine lifting from the bottom.
The muscle you wanna use is the hamstring, not the quad. If you focus on that you’ll turn out from your glutes, not your knees, and it’ll be easier for you to lift without pinching your psoas
my teacher always says to “wrap the thighs outwards” so you get a good turnout bc the thigh actually plays a big part in developpés
Thank you for this Kathryn! I literally only started ballet last month and I used your adding one inch to the torso hack in class and my teacher kept saying how wonderful my posture was, I'm having trouble with footwork and combinations but it's probably just because it's new and I have zero dance experience! Thank you from a new subscriber 😉
These are so amazing and helpful! Another tip my teacher told me for pirouettes: in your preparation, put more of your weight in your front foot; it will prevent you from falling backwards. Also, can you do a video on turnout/ how to improve it? I have quite the in-turned hips and any knowledge on how to improve that would be amazing!
Could you do a video on tour jetes?
TsubasaDreams I seriously need help on those 😂😂
How do you get the back leg up consistently in a grand jete? Thanks for the wonderful videos, Katie. Congrats on your marriage! I have a friend who has been a shut-in lately and your workout/barre videos have been a godsend for her! Thanks!
i'm a dancer of 10 years, and i just wanted to check this out to see if i could get some extra tips, and i did! thanks!!
All of your videos help me so much (I can't express how much)! I've been training at home, ever since I quit ballet classes. I am able to learn so much.
Much love
This helped so much, I am only 11 and all my teachers are already noticing my improvement!!! Thank you so much!!!! You just earned yourself a new subscriber!!
Oh my gosh...the 1 in waist thing helps so much
The pirouette one saved my life thank you so much
This helped me so much. The adding an inch on to your ribs most. Thank you so much!
pure gold for a ballet dancer thanks again
This is so great as I'm doing my ballet exam next week and I don't have much more time to fix much more.
the first tip literally helped so much
I tried these tips at ballet tonight (especially the adding an inch one) and it really helped!
Could you do a video on exercises to strengthen specific muscles needed for ballet and good technique? I came into ballet very late with sub par training so I need lots of help with the technique and strength I am lacking.
The developé one helped me so much!!!!! It made me more stable in my standing leg and improved my height
I would love videos where you bring others dancers/teachers of different styles (Balanchine, vaganova, cecchetti, etc) and discuss differences. It could be a whole series! Method Mondays/Technique Tuesdays etc.
Wow Kathryn your videos are golden!!!
Thanks Katie! You talk about hips a lot in your technique videos, what are some exercises to build hip strength?
This helped me so much!! I've watched so many of your videos and have been writing down good corrections in a notebook and I've been so thankful you make these. I've improved already❤❤
this was a huge help. Thank you very much because my teachers in class kept giving me some of these corrections and i didn't know what i was doing wrong, now after watching this i already see improvements so i can't wait for class tomorrow!!
I'm going to try the developpé tip tomorrow in class. I've been trying to figure out an improvement and this makes so much sense. Thank you!
these are great .im going to play this before every ballet class !
Thank you so much. I've been struggling a lot with grand jetes!
Thanks Kathryn those tips really help just doing them at home with your video. Now I will try them in class!
So helpful! Thanks. My daughter and I love your videos
my pointe teacher always tells us we can do everything in ballet. its all in your brain. when you do a left leg and 'cant do it' think of something else. THIS HELPS SOOOOOOOOOO MUCH
These tips changed my life!
this helps so much! i have an audition coming up for an arts high school that would give me 4 more years of formal training during school, along with my studio time, and i hope these can help me get accepted!
oh my goodness!! this helps so much!
I am glad this helps! :)
You're looking so great, how I hope you perform again. I love your jump into the closet😅🌺💞Mary
I'm always so excited when i get a notifacation of your new video! I love your channel and it has helped me so much!
Can you do a video about injuries in dance and how to deal with them? That would be so helpful!
Hey Katie amazing video as always
Clara Friis Same here!
Clara Friis Heyy, I had the same thing. I started focusing on strengthening my "turn out muscles" (Kathryn has a video covering that I think) When those muscles are strong, your position stays in place and you don't get pulled to the opposite direction/loose your balace. At least for me it was that.
Thank you. I will definitely try that :)
Thank you :)
Me too! It feels like if I try to turn out the standing leg my working leg immediately turns in :/
Thank you so much!!!!!👍👍 This helped a whole lot totally gonna use this at ballet
Please do a part 2 of this! This was so helpful and I would love some more!
I will try these tips in class tomorrow night! Going to watch your pirouette video now Kathryn because I keep getting dizzy and falling over when I try 😂😂
Thank you so much, one of my problems is staying on the balls of my feet during barre, also is there a trick to doing pirouettes at the barre? I can do singles in the centre pretty well but the barre seems to throw me off and rarely stay on releve and kinda fall into the barre instead of catching it with my hand.
Ur hacks really help me with ballet!!!
Your tips are generally amazing!!
Hey Katie! Can you please make a video about bruised toenails/ toenails falling off and still dancing? Thanks!
Great video! Thanks so much Kathryn! :)
your such an amazing teacher!
THANK YOU SO MUCH IT HELPED A LOT!!!
Unbelievably helpful, thank you so much Kathryn!
Can you please make a video on tips to get a higher Arabesque? I have plenty of strength but cannot get very high.
Could you please do a video about ballonnes (on pointe)? Loved these tips :D
Thank you for these very important tips.
thankyou so much, this has helped me so much, i have a ballet exam soon, and now i feel even more confident!
thank you this video is going to improv my dancing so much
OMG!!! I realy love this video 😍😍😍 i know i'll improve my dance with your help. Thank you very much for this job, you're amazing!!!!!
This is really helpful thank you so much I hope you can do more of these videos
Your videos are always so helpful! Thank you for uploading
This is so helpful 😊👍🏻
1:02 -> This was such a game changer for me!!❤
Im so glad I have found you!! These are all so great and helpful!!
Thank youuuuuu!! great video...as always....
Thank you Kathryn ! Your tips are really helpful ! 😍
Great tips! Thank you!
Can you do one for turns in a circle? Also how to land jumps softly when en pointe? Thanks!
This video actually helped me a lot, thank you for this!❤️
Thank you so much for this!!!! Especially that tip about putting the energy and focus on your standing leg/hip. Blessssss 💜✨✨
can you do a video about what it takes to be a professional? like how many hours a week and how much you need to train? thanks💓
Your a genius thank you so much for this video!!!!
love your practice outfit today!
Oh my god i've tried the turning and balancr tricks and they work wonderfully #sohappy ♡♡♡
i honestly am not amazing at ballet but this will really help me improve thank you!
This helped a lot could you do another extension video showing us different exercises to improve our developpes?
hey, can you please do a how to do a correct attitude ? thanks❤
This video is phenomenal
Thanks for all the tips!!
will you give advise on pain tolerance like being able to wear pointe shoes the whole time
also how to use your rotaters and butt muscles while dancing