Demi-plié

Demi-plié in second position

As my professor Ms. Amy will put it “do not push your tush out when doing a Demi-plié in any position.” According to her, we should always transfer our weight to the left leg most especially when we are in a releve or performing any movement that requires one working leg. So in a Demi-plié in second position, I was told to always transfer my weight to the left leg, then slide the right foot with a tandu sideways along the floor. Relating this motion back to my professor, this move prepares the right heel to lift up, until the right foot is fully extended and pointed with the right knee straight and pulled up. With this move, the right foot should remain turned out while the other foot is doing the movement; meaning the right heel must stay in a forward and in first position. While the foot is still pointed, we bring our right arm up middle through the fifth position, and open it up to second position.

Other Demi-plié positions that we worked on in class also includes Demi-plié in first position, in which we stand at the barre in first position with our foot turn out to point we are comfortable with; then we slowly bend our knees as far as possible, while keeping our heels on the ground directly over the middle of the feet. While we decline, our lower right arm from the wrist to the elbow, we move it outward and slightly up, no higher than the level far of the hips. We then unbend the knees and moving back up to the starting position with the arms back down to its starting position as well.

            The last position talked about in class is Demi-plié in fifth position. We didn’t really go over fourth position, but in order to perform fifth position, we go from fourth position to fifth position by pointing our right foot turned out as far as we can, then we close our right foot directly in front of the left foot, and gently touching the toe to the heel. We then raise our right arm through the middle of fifth position, and open it out to second; which completes our fifth position. 

BELOW LINKS SHOWS SOME OF THE DIFFERENT POSITIONS.

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