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2006-11-30 12:19:35 · 6 answers · asked by Beautiful* 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
Start a daily stretching routine. At the beginning of every dance session, we would have one. Find a book on modern jazz dance and look for "stretching sequences". Do the routine daily. For the splits, I could always do my left split with no problem, but the right hurt. So first, see a doctor and make sure you are fit to dance. Then, start out in a hurdle stretch. (You might have to search for this one on the internet.) Stretch forward over your front leg while the other is in hurdle position, turned out, almost as if you were going to go into a split but it is tucked behind you. Then stretch over the side towards your other leg in hurdle position. (This will open up your hip.) Try to get as close to the floor as possible. You should be stretching in the direction between your front and back leg. Then arch your back as far back as possible into a back arch for the last stretch. Lastly, extend the back leg from the hurdle position and try to go into the splits. If you have to, hold yourself above the ground as far down as you can go for a long stretch. Some older and sometimes more advanced technique books will advocate bouncing for an interval while in a stretch. Don't do that. It is not good for you. After you do one side in hurdle switch to the other.
Source: Ex-pro dancer, 23 years
2006-11-30 19:38:53 · answer #1 · answered by glowe126 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stretching to be able to do a split or other dance move will take time. Your body has to get used to the motion and the flexibility.
Be sure you warm up properly. Pulled muscles are waiting to happen when you don't warm up properly, and it hurts.
Ask your teacher or another dance what they do in order to improve their range of motion. Often it will include repetitive exercise to train your body.
2006-11-30 12:22:30 · answer #2 · answered by Bookworm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, once in ballet class, this two year old dd the splits and I couldn't!!! Thats surprising!
Uhhh all I can say is if you keep try then you
do it! practice makes perfect! ( even though I haven't got it yet )
2006-11-30 12:28:22 · answer #3 · answered by Pumpkin Headed Murderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can't exactly get better at stretching, but if you do it often enough you will get more and more flexible. the splits are really hard, but just keep trying and youll get them.
2006-11-30 17:08:41 · answer #4 · answered by Hannah F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep streching till your muscles get more flexable and as for the splits i'm clueless.
2006-11-30 12:38:00 · answer #5 · answered by fireyirish devil 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you just do one step as a time. do pilates. it make s you SO FLEXIBLE i was like a skinny minney
2006-11-30 14:17:51 · answer #6 · answered by sally b 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋