Tutu Tuesday!!!

Okay it's time to dance. Sorry I should have written this last night instead of tonight. Start out with the warm up. (Check with the previous blog to find the warm up and the different fun dances)

Move on to a fun dance.

Now it's time for a new technique portion.

The activity this week do something with scissors. Cut out some pictures from magazines and make a collage.

We are going to learn from the way scissors slide in and out and notice how strait the blades are. Okay imagine your legs are the blades of scissors. You need to keep your legs strait for this entire technique portion. First we will learn about TENDUS. A tendu is when you are standing up tall and your legs are strait and together. Now slide one leg out away from you and point your toe. In a tendu your toe never leaves the floor. You are also sliding your foot on the floor as your leg gos out and comes back in. Next is a DEGAGE. This is just like a tendu except with this one you can lift your leg up off of the floor a few inches. Make sure to point those toes. Lastly is a GRAND BATTEMENT. This is your biggest kick you have. Just make sure you stand up strait, your legs are don't bend and your toes point.

Picture of Tendu

Picture of Degage

Picture of Grand Battement

Now to apply...

Let's try opening our scissor legs little (tendu), medium (degage), and big (grand battement). Try first front with one leg Little, Medium, and Big! now the other leg front, little, medium, and big. You can also try these moves out to the side of you. Also try them to the back, little medium and big. Make sure you do both legs. You may have noticed it's hard to stand up strait and not fall over. Ballerinas use a something called a barre to help them not to fall. You have something better.... your Mommy. Hold hands as you try these moves out. It makes it just that much more fun.

One more way to try out these steps. Try doing tendus all the way across the floor. After a tendu take a step and tendu the other leg and take a step, so on and so on. Try it with the Degage and the Grand Battement too.

I hope you had fun today.

Finnish up class with a free dance.

If you wouldn't mined, please leave your comments. I want to know if these lessons are making sense at all for you moms and kids. I also want to know how to make them better. I'm totally open for suggestions. Also could you tell me which lessens work best with certain age groups. For example if you have a three year old and one lessen they loved but another it was way over there head I would like to know.

Thanks so much.