A few observations on practicing choreography

I recently choreographed and recorded a combination featuring arabesques. Here is a look behind the scenes. The self-correction began even before the music started to play, as I adjusted my posture.

As I stepped forward into chassé, I tried to avoid the galloping effect of my upper body chasing my legs. After a few attempts, I noticed that my chassé looked much better when I kept my upper body forward.

In the first arabesque, I realized that my side arm looks better when I hold it a bit further back than I think it should be, remembering to keep my shoulders down. With practice, I managed to keep the fingers of both hands relaxed, which looked much more graceful.

The greatest challenge for me in this combination was my turnout. I had to make a conscious effort to turn out all the time, and to remember to turn out all the time:) I tend to think I am more turned out than I actually am.

While doing my ronde de jambe en air, I decided to sacrifice some leg height in order to show better turn out. Ronde de jambe en air is so difficult, but by bracing my core, I was able to achieve more stability and to control the slow movement of my leg from front to back.

I was happy with this arabesque though. It looked nice to me. 👍🏼

It’s amazing just how much concentration it took to control my muscles and balance in this combination while maintaining my turnout posture and lines. I’ll be doing more videos of combinations like this one. It’s an excellent way to improve my skills!