How does one train for this ballet position?
The move is called “grand battement pose”. The best exercises to get to this is through strength training at the barre….. 1. Do 50 grand battements en avant on your free leg. Do the first 20 of them slowly, and the next 30, faster. The supporting leg should releve every tme. 2. Then do 50 grand battements en dedans also on your free leg, doing the same step as in no. 1. This will take 3 minutes of your time. And ballet takes practice to do such flexible moves like the grand battement pose. Best to do it after class, even though you will do stretch exercises during ballet class.
