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In this instructional DVD,
Judy Weiss, also known as
"The Queen of Toe Shoes",
tells you all about the
construction of the pointe
shoe and how to find right
shoe for you. Ashlee
Knapp, now dancing with The
New York City Ballet, shows
you special foot and ankle
strengthening exercises, how
to correctly prepare your
shoe and foot, and how to
tie your ribbons.
This DVD contains:
Introduction: Shoe
construction; fitting the
shoe; sewing the elastic and
ribbons; strengthening
exercises; preparing your
foot and tying the ribbons.
The following exercises are
on this video:
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Rolling up & down, feet
parallel;
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Rolling up & down. 1st &
2nd positions;
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Rolling up in plie. 1st
& 2nd positions;
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Combining exercises 2 &
3;
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Demi & grand plies,
releves. 1st, 2nd, 5th
positions;
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Plie, releve, balance.
1st position;
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Tendu, releve, demi plie
en croix;
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Quick releves from 3/4
to full pointe. 1st &
2nd positions;
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Sous-us, placing the
feet in 5th position;
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Battement tendu, plie,
releve in 4th position;
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Echappe sur les pointes,
sous-sus;
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Pique pas de bouree,
couru;
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Echappe sur les pointes,
sous-sus, pique pas de
bourree;
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Echappe, plie in second,
sous-sus, pique pas de
bourree;
Music is by Scott Killian.
Region: All Runtime: 56 minutes |