Wild Wednesday Upper Hamstring
When dancers are working to identify and
work the muscles involved in turnout they are often told to “squeeze the seat”.
I have never found this directive to be particularly helpful, either for myself
or for my students and that’s why I don’t use it. But if it works for you…
Anyway, turnout, as we all know, comes
from the rotation of the femur (thigh bone) in the ball-and-socket joint of the
hip. But finding and feeling this sensation along with the necessary lift is often
problematic.
Try this: Instead of squeezing the seat,
imagine rotating the legs while lifting the upper hamstrings.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #3y:
“Think of lifting the upper hamstrings instead of
squeezing the seat.”
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