This exercise is crafted to improve body alignment, helping you to execute ballet movements with grace and precision. This exercise focuses on improving the dancer's balance and control through a sequence of attitude derrière, arabesque, and renversé movements, culminating in a penchée that challenges and enhances stability, flexibility, and alignment.

Preparation:

Have students start against a wall to provide support. Instruct them to plié, then roll onto the fit ball, placing the supporting foot at the base of the wall and the working foot in cou-de-pied or coupé derrière. Ensure their hands are on the floor, with elbows relaxed for additional stability.

Steps:

1. Guide the students to lift the working leg into attitude derrière, then extend it into an arabesque alignment before bending the knee back into attitude.

2. Instruct students to adjust the opposite hand to the working leg in front of the body, focusing their eye line forward while moving the same arm as the working leg sideways, incorporating a twisting action of the upper torso for the renversé. They return the hand to the floor.

3. Cue students to adjust their hands closer to the fit ball and push back into a penchée.

4. Have students lower their leg into cou-de-pied or coupé derrière, push off the wall to execute a beating action, and settle back onto the base of the wall, changing legs to repeat on the alternate side.

Focus:

Highlight the importance of maintaining the eye focus forward during the renversé. Encourage students to engage their core for balance and to ensure smooth transitions between positions.