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UPGRADE YOUR ARABESQUE 🙌✨👇 Comment Arabesque! I will send you the class ❤️ The iconic ballerina pose we’re always working on. Most dancers focus on the legs and lower back, but what’s often neglected is the upper back and shoulder mobility, which makes all the difference in creating that lifted, open line. When I trained at Vaganova, I discovered advanced stretches specifically for this — and they changed everything. I’m sharing them in one of my advanced back flexibility classes so you can fi

GET A PERFECT ARABESQUE LINE ✨🤍 KEY POINTS These are the key fundamentals to doing a proper arabesque. Before we even think about lifting the leg higher to 45° or above it is absolutely critical that we set up our tendu well and are able to connect with the alignment and muscles in a basic position. We must keep the sides of the body long activate the rotation in the hips stacking one hip on top of the other one whilst counter balancing and using the inner thigh and deep rotators in the support