Improving Dancers’ Feet and Footwork Download

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Improving Dancers' Feet and Footwork by Janice Barringer offers a unique class in strengthening your dancer's feet. Whether in ballet or other dance forms, proper footwork is difficult to achieve.

In this video, Janice discusses:

• The structure of the foot
• The movements of the foot and ankle
• Half pointe versus three-quarter pointe
• Rolling through the foot
• A variety of foot movements that we see in battement tendu, battement dégagé, relevé, sauté, and piqué.
• Difficult feet and how to improve them
• Many exercises to improve footwork in this valuable class. 

Download Includes:

• iTunes format video of Janice Barringer discussing the structure of the foot, metatarsals, arches, and toes, Flexibility of the ankle, Sickling and winging the foot, pointing or stretching the foot
• iTunes format video of 6 Barre exercises and 3 Centre floor exercises to strengthen the feet
• Play video files with iTunes or Quicktime
• Technique notes as pdf
• Cover Art