This is probably the execise I’ve assigned as homework to the most dancers over time. You know that front side “pinching” feeling women often get trying to execute a beautiful développé? Often times that pinching sensation arises because the femur is sitting forward in the hip socket. This drill is intended to directly address that. Again, think of this as a “healthy hip” movement that can lead to greater expressiveness as well.
Read MoreRemember, your glutes play multiple important roles: they are powerful hip extensors, they are powerful hip external rotators, they are powerful hip abductors (moving legs away from the body—here we’re talking specifically glute medius and glute minimus), and they keep the femur in the acetabulum of the hip. Given the extraordinary mobility dancers often have in their hips, it makes sense in a training sense to also give them a bit of the stability they can lose over the course of a performance season.
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