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bio to get your ticket. Hello darlings! Today we're gonna be working on how to do multiple pirouettes. So just a disclaimer, turning is not my forte, but I can teach it, and I actually think it's kind of cool for you guys to see the true journey of learning how to do multiple turns instead of someone who knows how to do 15 pirouettes and is like, "Here, go do it." You're gonna see the nitty gritty. - [Man] The real stuff. - And then the real pretty, okay? Grab some space, grab a
little sock if you need one, or some shoes, or if you turn barefoot, do your thing. Let's do this. So there are three things that I want you to think about when you're
working on your pirouettes. This can apply to your
singles all the way up to 18 pirouettes. Whoever you are, this list appliés to you. You wanna focus on your prep and posture, that's one thing on the list. Locking in that posture in your prep is gonna help you with your turn. The second thing is your momentum, where are you getting the power
to propel that turnaround? And number three is to make sure that you have control over
your body and your mind. More on that later. All right, so the first part of our list was our prep and our posture. Our posture and our prep, double Ps, is really important. It's important that you
lock in the posture, and what I mean by "lock in" is that when you go from
your pirouette prep, and you press up to your actual turn, that you're not moving
things in your body, your shoulders, your chin, your ribcage, your hips, your bottom
knee, the supporting leg. You need to lock in your
posture in the prep, and maintain it throughout your turn. So when you are in this prep, today, I'm gonna be doing
parallel pirouettes. I'm not doing ballet
pirouettes or turned out, so just keep that in mind. You want that back heel up. You want to be deep into
a plié that's centered. Make sure your not forward of your body, and make sure you're not back. In terms of your arms, you wanna keep that side arm in front of that side seam. Try not to lean back, it'll open everything up. Speaking of opening everything up, you wanna close your ribcage here. Press your shoulders down, bring your head back so that
you're not leaning forward like a little turtle. And then in terms of your hips, you wanna have a neutral pelvis. So don't stick your booty out, and don't tuck it too far under. So we're here. So many things to think
about in just the prep. Now, when you plié, and
you press up to your passé, nothing should move from that prep, beside bringing the foot up to passé, and besides straightening
that supporting leg. So an example of what
not to do is I'm here, and then I press up. Super dramatic, but
lifting your shoulders up. Another example of what not to do, here. I'm hiking that hip up, right? You wanna bring it
straight from your prep, get everything going, go
through your checklist, maintain that position in your turn. Hi, if you want more advanced stuff, go to patreon.com/missauti, and sign up for the
Advanced Babeh package. This is like a ASMR, but dance style. - [Camerman] Touch the mic. - Oh. There it is. (laughs) I was going straight for the lens. All right dancers, moving
onto our second part, it's our momentum. So where are you getting
the power for that turn? There's three things again, it's your plié, and it's your arm, and it's your passé leg coming up. And maybe your spotting, so that's actually four things. So for your plié, you want a deep plié, you don't wanna come
from the shallow spot. There's no way for you to
(exhales sharply) propel up. So get a deep plié, that way you have somewhere
to go in your turn. Your arms, it's that side arm, dancers. You wanna make sure that it's (exhales sharply)
whipping in like that, there's control and there's power there. You don't wanna wind up, this is incorrect. You're gonna want to do
that, but don't do it, okay? Fight it. Keep that arm to the side, and then when you come up, whip it in. When you whip it in, (snaps) keep the shoulder dropped. All right, that third thing
is lifting up that passé leg. The sleepier your passé, the lower your passé, the more it kind of drags your body down. But when you're able
to lift your passé up, it activates the rest of your muscles to kind of zip up and
pull everything higher. And then your turning on
this beautiful little axis. So we're gonna zip up, up, up! So I got that triple around with that last little bit, I had to lift, lift, lift, and I was able to complete it. And then our fourth one, what was it? Spotting. I have a tough time with spotting still, for the love of God, after all these years. It's tricky, but you find
that stationery thing in front of you, whatever it may be, a dot on the mirror, a friend that's not moving, whatever, a clock on the wall. You lock in and keep
your eyes on that spot. Spotting takes practice, it's tough, don't get discouraged. Did I go through all four things? I think so, we're gonna run it back. Okay, this third part of the list, we need to have a little
heart-to-heart conversation. It's control. Control over your body is doing
things like core exercises, your sit-ups, your planks, whatever. Arm strengthening, any
type of conditioning that's control over your body, so that you have the strong muscles to have a nice and smooth turn. But control over your mind is something that we need to have like a little fireside chat right now. Oftentimes, and I do this to myself, I psyche myself out for my turns, 'cause I go in thinking, "I'm not the strongest turner, "I'm not gonna be able
to film this video." Or I of course did a good turn off camera, and then when the camera
turns on, I'm like, "Oh my gosh!" You start to get in your head, so controlling your mind is knowing that with practice, with consistency, and a lot of trial and error, you're going to get these turns. It took me a long time to be
able to get to that place, but you can do it too. So when you're preparing for these turns, when you're watching this video, when you're practicing
your multiple pirouettes, take a deep breath, let all the tension go out of your body, and just focus on what you're doing instead of all the worries in your head. 'Cause that is the biggest road block to getting a lot of pirouettes. Okay, so a good pirouette progression is a chassé pas de bourrée pirouette. We're gonna start with the prep, move to a single, move to a double, you can move to triples, to four, to five, to six, wherever you are is lovely, okay? I'm kind of working on triples, sometimes quads on a good day. So we'll see if we can get there. Let me show you the chassé pas de bourrée. So you're gonna start in a first position. You're gonna plié with the chassé. Keep your posture locked, straight up and down. Pas de bourrée back. Side, and then prep. So when I did the pas de bourrée, my arms came down, and then for the prep, I have a plié here. Now I'm gonna go up to my prep. And then I'm gonna shoot out, and I'm gonna land in
a parallel élevé, okay? From there, dancers, you don't wanna come down. You stay up here and go
straight to the chassé again. Chassé, pas de bou, prep. Single, and land. It's okay if you're wobbly, always land in élevé. Again, chassé, pas de bourrée, double, and land. So even those little hops that I had, it's okay, it's gonna happen to you. You're here, try not to just
come down and be like, (sighs). When you do that, you're training your body
to just come right out of your pirouette. Instead, I don't care if
you're hopping, I don't care. Land in that élevé, train
yourself to stay upright. Have a tall spine. Lock those knees in here. Keep your posture up. So even if your turn isn't smooth, stick the landing. I tell my dancers, "Always land." I've had dancers literally
fall to the floor, and I'm like, "Get up and land." And then, they land in
their little pirouette, and it's training your
mind for that discipline. Let's go back again. I'll try the double, I'll try the triple, we'll see, ready? Five, six, seven, and, chassé, pas de bou, prep, one, two, land. Good, and chassé, pas de bou, prep. Woo! And squeeze, again. Chassé, pas de bou, prep, land no matter what. Last time, chassé, pas de bou, prep. And finish. Good job, my loves. I am so thankful for all of you that you've given me a space to be able to teach you things, and to show you things, and to not have them be perfect. I think when I first started
the channel, I was like, "Everything I teach has to be flawless, "or else..." I don't know, or else what? This is the true raw, nitty
gritty of learning to dance. Sometimes you'll have the
beautiful quad off camera, and sometimes you'll have a single that you're hopping around on. But that's okay. It's learning how to
navigate the in-betweens of your dance training. So thank you so much, I love all of you, hop over to patreon.com/missauti, and I'll see you all next week. Let's see if I can do this again. - [Cameraman] Yay! - (laughs) (upbeat music)
