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Hello there From The Top Family and welcome to another blog post! Today we are here with volume 4 of our follow along Across The Floor Jazz Routine! As seen in our previous installments, this across the floor routine is perfect both as a teaching companion and an at home practice guide. In this volume… Continue reading Across The Floor Jazz Routine Vol. 4
One thing about us dancers, we are obsessed with feet! Whether it be our feet or each other’s feet, we love the appearance of having good arches! It’s a goal we all work to achieve because of the great benefits that having good arches provides. Good arches can mean the appearance of better lines, easier… Continue reading The Key To Better Arches
Let’s talk about it. One of the most prevalent themes in the dance industry is the strive for perfection. From the moment our training becomes serious, even if that time is in our childhood, the thirst to become the perfect dancer is planted. Sometimes that seed is planted by those we may look up to… Continue reading Changing the Mindset of Perfectionism
Hello there From The Top Family and welcome to another installment of “Beginner Pointe Tips”! Today we are talking about dying pointe shoes. Now, though that statement may sound extremely dark, let’s take a moment to elaborate. As pretty as they can be when we first receive them, just like every other dance shoe, pointe… Continue reading Out With the Old & In With the New: Signs That It’s Time For New Pointe Shoes
Hey there FTT Family and welcome back to another blog post! Today we are talking about our difficult sides and how to better them. No matter if you’re a righty or a lefty, every dancer has one side of their body that seems to be our best friend. Our turns are consistent on this side,… Continue reading Tips For Bettering Your Difficult Side
Hello FTT Family and welcome back to another blog post! Today we are grabbing our ballet flats and heading to center! In this post, we will be discussing adagio tips! Elegant and graceful, adagio is a ballet exercise that is done in most every ballet class to help prune technical assets such as musicality and… Continue reading Improving Your Adagio Skills
Hey there, From The Top family! Today we are talking about a few stretches you can incorporate into your stretch routine if you are looking to regain your flexibility! Whether you’ve taken a small break, recovering from an injury, or you just simply got off your game accidentally, loss of some of your flexibility is… Continue reading Regaining Flexibility
What is going on, FTT Family and welcome back! Today we’re grabbing our toe pads, toe spacers and jet glue, because we’re about to discuss another pointe topic! This post will be centered around turns en pointe. We’ll be covering technique tips that can be applied to various turns en pointe including chaines, piques, pirouettes,… Continue reading Tips For Turns En Pointe
Hello my lovely From The Top Family and welcome back to another chat here on the blog! Today we are talking about the classic, the staple, the scary? Petit Allegro! Done in literally every ballet class everywhere, petit allegro is a sequence of small, quick jumps done in center. However, the truth is, petit allegro… Continue reading Mastering Petit Allegro
Hey there dancers and welcome back to another From The Top blog post! Out of all the places in our body that can put up a fight when it comes to gaining adequate flexibility, our hip flexors can easily fall in the top 5 section of this category. Hip flexors, though often overlooked compared to… Continue reading How To Get More Flexible Hips
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