The Positions of Ballet

by Lauren Russo*

Here are the five basic posistions of the feet in ballet:

FIRST:Common. Feet form a "V" heels together toes point outwards. Turned out, with practice the feet will form very wide "Vs" or almost straight lines.

SECOND: Fairly Common. Same as first but, heels do not touch feet are more spread. Toes point outwards, turned out.

THIRD: Fairly uncommon. Turned out, heel of front foot, touches instep of back foot.

FOURTH: Fairly common in turning. Same as thrid, but feet are spread apart and heel of the front foot, if pulled to other foot, would touch the toes.

FIFTH: Common. Same as fourth, but with the feet touching. With practice, it should be heel-to-toe, and heel-to-toe.

*-These pieces of information have been written by Lauren Russo. Anyone wishing to publish this anywhere else must get permission from the author.

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