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Tips for Teaching Your Students Pliés and Tendus

Pliés and tendus are two of the most basic steps in ballet. And if you think about it, they’re really the building blocks of just about every other ballet step there is! Here are a few tips and things to think about when it comes to pliés and tendus!

teachingAshley HartfordNovember 2, 2022teaching beginning ballet, teaching ballet, plié, demi plié, tendu, battement tendu, ballet teaching tips

Help Your Beginning Ballet Students with Retiré

By the age of 7, children have much better control and awareness of their bodies. We also work much more on turnout, especially turning out correctly and safely at this age. Because of this, we work more on a turned out retiré.

teachingAshley HartfordOctober 31, 2022retiré, beginning ballet, beginning ballet class, ballet class, teaching beginning ballet