Welcome to Chloey Turner Wellness!
You’ve found this class because you realize that you are a little tight in external rotation and are up for mobilizing and strengthening this area! Let’s do it. Aim to pop this shorter routine into your schedule at least 3x per week. Really pay attention to the areas that you need to work on the most. Enjoy!
After my last workshop weekend it was amazing to see once again so many differences when it comes to dancer’s hips. We truly are unique beings. Many dancers, when we did a hip rotation assessment found that they had great external rotation and lacked internal rotation & vice versa.
If the hip internal rotator muscles are weak and tight this will limit the amount of external rotation that can happen.
Give this class a go and note what you notice.. Cramping? Very limited range? If you have any questions please ask. You will soon find a Turnout assessment masterclass in your lesson area to get to the bottom as much as possible on where you might be limited.
If you’re anything like me, you are a visual person and seeing the bones & muscles work will be helpful in learning more about turnout and how to maximize it. I think this particular video is more for some of our older dancers 12+ as well as parents and teachers of course. Please give me a shout if you’ve any questions. And please find a couple references below and further reading..
IADMS paper..
https://iadms.org/media/3597/iadms-resource-paper-turnout-anatomy.pdf
I also love the work of Lisa Howell from The Ballet Blog – she has great resources when it comes to teaching turnout to very young dancers..
https://theballetblog.com/level-2-teacher-training/training-turnout-in-tiny-dancers/
The visuals used during the video are from the Visible Body app – highly recommended to learn everything anatomy!
The last class of my 4 part hip series involves moving through all movements of the hips.. Internal and external rotation, hip flexion and extension and adduction and abduction.. Notice any areas of tension! This will be a great class to keep coming back to! We start the class with a calming meditation x
