My dance teacher always tells me that I need to straighten my knees more but they are completely flat in the back and front and hurt like crazy. I heard though that to be a professional dancer you should have a 130 degree angle (your knee is so straightened that it goes backward a little). Is this true? Wouldn't your knees snap in half?
2007-07-29 14:13:20 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Dancing
You don't have to have hyperextended knees if you want to be a dancer. I hope your teacher finds another way of explaining you how to keep your knees straight rather than just telling you to straighten your knees. I used to hear that all the time when I was starting out, and I knew that my knees hypesextend naturally already, but they still kept telling me to keep my knees straight. Eventually, the teacher made me pay attention to other things like posture and that took care of the knee problem. I think you're a ballerina and I'm a latin dancer. So I can't be more specific than that, because the technique is completely different. But no, you don't need to have hyperextended knees.
2007-07-30 09:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by Snowflake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
dont try so hard to straighten your knee back the other way lol that may cause future damager... .. just relax, ask your teacher wat she actually means and if you dont get it you should ask her to teach you or at least give you an idea..
try watching some dancing movies or even reading online about it!.
2007-07-29 14:23:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hyper-extending is bad, stop doing it!
2007-07-30 05:27:24 · answer #3 · answered by SayitAin'tSo! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋