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Improving Your Penché

Stretch If you’re trying to improve your penché, the first thing you will want to do is look at your flexibility. To achieve a 180 degree penché (where your arabesque leg is pointing absolutely straight to the ceiling), you have to be able to sit in a split and then some. If your split is...

Tendu for Advanced Ballet Students
Positions: Third Position Basics
Positions: Third Position Basics
Penche Leading with Your Arabesque Leg, Not Your Upper Body
Penche Leading with Your Arabesque Leg, Not Your Upper Body

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