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The Super Cabriole

Begin in a low lunge, with your right foot forward, your palms flat on the ground and your back leg slightly bent. Push off the floor with your arms and legs. Jump as high as you can, keeping your legs horizontal in the air and your upper body lifted. Keep your focus toward the ground […]

The Tilt Drop with Ashi Ross

1. Tendu your right foot forward, then bring it through coupé and up to retiré. 2. Développé your right leg as high as you can, keeping your shoulders lifted. 3. Holding your right leg in the air, release your upper body and head to the left, dropping toward the ground.Ashi says: “For this move, you […]

The Leg-Hold Turn

Prepare in a wide fourth-position plié.   Battement your leg forward toward your face—keeping it perfectly straight, with your foot pointed—and grab your ankle and lower calf with both hands as you begin your inside turn in forced arch. Zoey says: “Really hold your core as you pull your leg toward you and push into […]