How to Do Basic Turns | Jazz Dance
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I’m going to break down a couple of basic jazz dance terms for you. The first one is a pirouette. Here we go. You start with the preparation. Arms are in a nice L position, you step back with your right leg, ball, change, nice deep plié into the ground, you push off your back right foot into a passé, and arms go into a round first position and then drop down to neutral. I’ll break that down one more time. Ball, change, up, and down.
A great way to break this down for kids or even beginner adults is to go in the box. Ball, change, hold, and down. Face to side. Ball, change, hold, and down. Face the back, ball, change, hold, and down. Face the side, ball, change, hold, and down. Face the front. Then you break it down into a half turn. Ball, change, face the back, and down. Ball, change, face the front, and down. Important is that the passé leg is completely connected to the knee, okay. So that it’s pressed against, the core is activated, stomach is pressed down into the lower back and you’re also holding your arms in a nice round position, lifting up through the body.
After the half turns then you should try for a full turn. If you step on your right and pick up your right leg you turn to the right, and ball, change, up, and down. One more time, ball, change, up, and down. That can then go into a double, triple, quadruple, or five, six, seven, eight turns as the students become more and more advanced with turning. Double, ball, change, up, up, down. You should really try to teach to clean it in a nice parallel position.
We can also, and also you need to do that on the right and the left, which I’ll show you with the music. Another basic jazz turn is an inward turn. Inward turns look like this. You start with a nice tombe, arms are prepared and then you pick up your left leg but turn towards your right, using your right arm. Up, and down. Again, the inward jazz turn is up, and down. Again, keep thinking about really pushing off that back leg into the passé right away. I’ll show you to the left. Left arm opens, right arm closes, you push up into the passé and drop down. That’s the inward jazz turn.
So there you are. Those are two very basic jazz turns that you can teach your students, inwards and outwards. Ball, change, passé, and down. Side, ball, change, up, and down. Face the back. Ball, change, up, and down. To the side. Ball, change, up, and down. To the front half turn, and to the front. Try to hold that releve as long as possible. Now singles. One more time. Go for a double. Good job. All right you need to reverse that to the left. I’m not going to do that right now, but you guys need to do that. So right and left are very, very important.
All right here are the inward turns. Nice tombe, and use your arms pull it up. Up, and down. Good, one more time. Up and down. Other side I will do this time. Up and down. One more time. Up and down. Good. Really try to sustain those turns and lengthen up through your torso. - Jak na to + styl
thank you dance moms for making me want to learn how to dance while using this EXTREMELY inflexible, clumsy body
Exactly I like dance but was never serious about it until I watched and became incredibly jealous at how good they were at such a young age
+Maira Raza I always wanted to do ballet and tap at a very early age, my inspiration came from watching barbie in the nutcracker and in swan lake, I adored it and I wanted to become a ballerina, but my mom was never encouragable 😔
That makes two of us ;)
omg haha we're the same.after i watched dance moms,i want to become a ballerina
same thankyou dancemoms
I always wanted to be a dancer ever since I watched dance moms.
Same thing here I just have that urge to beat maddie but I feel like I started late
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Same tho
Sameeee
yes
im here because dance moms inspired me -_-
Me tooo
Nikki Saguin same
Nikki Saguin same here
Nikki Saguin same
Nikki Saguin me to
This actually helped me. I watch dance moms (if you don't know what that is..you should be ashamed) so I wanted to learn how to turn like them. And this video actually helped. So thank you ☺
Lol that's why I'm watching too
Savannah Rhea haha same!
Samee😂💘
Same 😂😂xx
Thats exactly why im here😂😂
Is it just me or does the all black outfit make it difficult to follow?
Ikr
YA
Ya
😂👍
Amen
She should wear coloured socks. Seriously. I can't see how exactly they're supposed to be against her black pants -_-
she is black girl
+Cherry XD lol
nathaliexlr8 lol
No, you wear jazz shoes, which are usually black and look kind of like socks. They're more for function (ease of turns etc.) than fashion.
Malvavisco Yeah, when you actually dance. But not when you're making a tutorial. At least where different coloured pants.
I am not a professional dancer but these steps are helping my dance ministry to beginning learners. Not looking to put anyone down I enjoy the small things in life and this great for my young ones to begin with. Thank you for your time Ms. Liz Piccoli.
GUYS
To everybody saying that spotting is not necessary, ask anybody. Literally anybody. Any dance teacher or someone who has had experience it dance. SPOTTING IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TIP AND TOOL. I have been dancing for years and this is the only advice teachers give. When you don't spot you lose balance, topple over, and barely do any turns. Spotting makes you able to do more turns. It gives you momentum. When you spot, you won't topple over, lose your balance, or get dizzy. Spotting is soooooo important.
Thank you this really helped me fix and make my pirouettes better!
my inspiration has always been dance moms and to be like maddie so thank you for the help!🥰
Same
This helped a bunch! I've done dance for a total of 5 years and I've never been able to do a full pirouette, turns out I was prepping all wrong! Thank you!
I can now do one and a half, thanks to this video!
Dance moms made me wanna dance.
same
Precious Mangubat same
Precious Mangubat YES 👍
Same
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You dont ball change before you turn
You totally forgot about spotting
You fall out of your turns...
Is it a kick-ball-change?
Soraya Gonzalez kick ball change is with a kick lol
exactly, I notice she always stumbled at the end of turning
I know right she is not spotting
Adria Spadina actually you do ball change to shift your weight..
why isn't she spotting
Anna Barboza bc it isnt necessary
Floor tjeuh it is or you’ll get dizzy quickly and start to stumble
¡Soy Tan Fabuloso! Well at least in ballet, it definitely is
What is spotting?
@@user-dv5gf7jh2s you keep your focus on a certain space and then snap your head around back to it while you turn in order to keep from getting dizzy and stay properly balanced
Woah I've been attempting pirouettes for a long time now only from watching gymnastics. I've improved a lot just practicing by myself but watching this now I got much better.
nathaliexlr8 There's a way to get more power that are a little more complicated! But you can do more easily
She didn't teach about spotting.
Her arms were too far apart in first position.
Her hands looked awkward.
And she called an inside pirouette an "inward turn."
Lol what is this...
It's for beginners who don't know how to dance. If you bombarded them with all that information, they wouldn't be able to cope.
Still you should have a bit about it because it is really important
@@David-ud9ju spotting is very essential for basics
YOU GOTTA SPOT!!
What is spotting? I'm new to this lol!
+Brandy Myrick spotting is when your about to do a pirouette and you keep your eyes on one thing and never take them off
+Amber _Jade yeah many people get dizzy when they don't spot 😁😁😁
its not a must that you have to spot to avoid getting dizzy when doing many turns once. For gymnastics, you can see that the women gymnasts can do 4 turns quickly without spotting on floor or balanced beam, and even they can connect other moves with the turns. They don't look dizzy at all after finishing turns. Certainly spotting is necessary on dance teaching but it is not the only method to avoid being dizzy. Honestly, when you practically do many turns once very quickly , its not easy to spot in each single turn if you haven't gotten well trained from the basics before...
Aina C oh my god thank you lol. Honestly I don’t see spotting as something necessary because it’s not for everyone. I love Sanne Wevers turns on the balance beam.
Same I watched dance moms and now I want to be a dancer
omg woman spottttt
I can do it easily with spotting cringing rn shes about to fall 😁
Thank you for your Basic but thorough teaching.
The white background is refreshing! Nice touch.
I watch dance moms to i LOVE that show
She doesnt even do a full turn?
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She does
everyone is either here for their dance or learning to be flexible and awesome like dance moms
Thank you !!!! That really helped my pirouettes !! 🌈
as a dancer for nearly 10 years and more, please spot. thats what will help you do doubles, triples, etc.
I understand that this is jazz, but seriously, you need to spot and land in a correct parallel fourth. Also, she was winding up, and that is very bad technique.
Mary Savocchia I'm a jazz dancer and I was cringing the entire time.
Ball change isn’t even part of the prep
I’m a lyrical dancer. Ball change is not part of the prep, and she didn’t discuss spotting at all.
Thank you so much 🙏🏼 I’m joining contemporary soon
I here because I wanted to start dancing ever since ive whatched dance mom dances so I wanna learn by whatching these videos!
omg this lady just,killed me she needs to SPOT!!!!!!
I'm here because dance moms inspired me
same
Malwina Bialek me too
As a BOY, who loves dance and wants to try jazz turns etc. I think this sets a perfect example on how to turn, I learned how to turned like this is 2 weeks! Thank you ❤❤❤❤
Awesomeness! Thanks a million.
I'd like to know what criteria howcast uses to filter their teachers... this woman's technique is very sloppy and she is not very thorough with her explination. Also, as many people have said, she has no head spot... that is problematic. it is also the reason why she falls out of her double pirouette. Anyway... howcast, if you want someone to teach turns let me know.
she doesn't even know how to dance properly its like she is going to fall lol
Hahahahhahahahahahahahahhhahhahahaha lol IK what u mean
good I thought it was only me
lol
I was like... Does anyone think that she doesn't know what she's doing because she is looking sloppy lol.
Starting Jazz dance soon, this helped! Thanks:)
awesome tutorial, thank you
She's going to fast for me XD Anyone else?
me too!
Wow! Some really mean comments on here.
I wish that i look like you
Thanks, I'm gonna use this in my school project!
I just got jazz shoes and I love them honestly
I thought this was professional..
- no spotting
-fell out of turns
- you do t ball change before a turn
Dafuq is this..
SPOT!!!!!!!!!!!
This was super helpful
I feel like this method, which my teacher swears by, has really stunted my spotting, as your head is basically going in a slow-motion circle the whole time. So here I am three years later watching CZcams videos because I still can't do a proper jazz pirouette. And it's the same exact ineffective method. Great.
Story of my life!!!😂😂😂😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Try facing the front when you do the inward turn lol
Who is here from dance moms too?
TY DANCE MOMS! I have my first dancing class on monday :)
This really helped me thank you
I'm annoyed she said nothing about spotting
She didn't even spot herself
Cristina Morales SHE DID
Can you explain that please? I've heard of spotting but I'm not really sure what it is or how to do it
Spotting is when you look at a specific spot (ex: A piece of tape on the wall) and you keep trying to look as you turn and you look at it until you can't see it then you whip your head around to the original spot and the reason why you spot is it makes you less dizzy.
Tram-Anh Dang thanks, that makes a lot of sense!
She didn't even teach spotting
Thank you thank you you really helped me 💜💜
This was so helpful
Her move is not good, not complete and not clean....she may be able to teach verbally but not able to make a teaching move...
Is it just me or did anybody else think that she was levetating?
So nice and thanks
I learned a pirouette already. I hope this video helps!
She fell out of her turns like all the time
Her prep is so annoying we do second, half rond de jambe into fourth also she's stopping herself halfway through the turn when you only get better by holding it
No you start at third tendu and open to fourth
Kathryn Le you can prep from any position- she should have said that. And her technique is very interesting and I do wonder how much jazz she has actually done because the word is pirouette!
Yeah. The way she is prepping is tedious. Once you've done it a few times, you can go into it from pretty much just a normal tendu. There's no need for a ball change, that's totally unnecessary.
she is like struggling really bad😂😂😂😂
It actually really helped.
She didn't even teach spotting???? Dafuq is this!!!
She doesn't spot. Cringe...
I love the dance
Thx dd4l for inspiration #dancingdolls
please take this down. she is not explaining anything. In your preparation, be sure you are balanced evenly between your feet, bend both knees, then push down into the floor on your standing leg to send you up into releve. Touch your passé toe to your standing knee and Point your toe! Practice balancing in this passé with a wall or railing for at least 30 seconds. That is the position your should be in when you turn. The woman here is doing a ball change preparation and her weight is unevenly distributed before she tries to turn, which is why she can not hold her releve or stay balanced through the turn to the end (or do more than 2). If you want to dance, take a CLASS in person. The internet will not teach you how to dance.
Dance mom inspire me so that why i came to learn it look really cool when first saw spinning i was in love
thank you so much it help me a lot😀
So cool
Thanks so much
I got my double today thanks!
Was not expecting Indian beats in the background.. full on dholak beats. Sweet!
this really help me !!!!!
I'm here BC the next step inspired me
I love how most people are here because they watched dance moms
Thank you
cool video
thank you a lot
I'm here because of dance moms😂 thank you dance moms for inspiring me☺️
can you teach how to focus the hrad in one point while turning?
Here cause I have dance class and I needed a reminder
I'm here because I want to learn to dance because I'm thinking of a career in theater!! I'm hoping to attend a program at my local theatre and I'm really excited!!
Nice
Thanks
I was inspired by school and summer camp because when I danced there I enjoyed and then I knew I love to dance. I'm sorry if I am not here because of dance moms but I just am.
Hey can somebody help me? (I'm not a dancer) do you turn on your dominant or non-dominant foot? Also do you turn to the inside or outside?
Will we get it if we keep practicing?
Cool
Nice :)
What about spotting? My dance teacher always told us to spot. Is it not needed to perfect a pirouette ?
I'm not too experienced with Dave, but ive done it for five years. That technique makes me want to cry
It was so troubling to do a twirl but finally I got it just because looking at this video😀
THANK YOOUU
omggg thanks allot . I did triple turns !!!!!!!!
Thank u now I'm like a pro 😃😄😃😄😃
Hey I’m wondering why her heel is up in the prep? I am a super classically trained ballet dancer and was in classical jazz and modern for years as supplementary classes required for company members.
I do not remember ever learning pirouettes with the back heel up in the prep??? Odd I don’t remember this if it is correct....
Im super bad at turns so I came here for jazz.
Also, in a jazz inside pirouette, the knee would be completely parallel, thighs hugging, and finish final pirouette before neutral in multiple turns.
Fricken heck woman just spot!
How many hours of this did long take?
thanks thus was a lot if hlp