November 2016 | 2 Tips for Ballet Teachers | Spokes on a Wheel and Ready, Set, Reverse

Tip 1 Learning to complete a manège is important for advanced students. A manège involves many skills, including the ability to change your spot while traveling, plus sufficient stamina to do the steps correctly throughout.Tip 2 Ingrain in your dancers the ability to reverse any simple center combination. Toward the week’s end, I often give a simple center tendu/dégagé combination after barre to make sure students are on balance and transferring weight correctly