ballet body facings: XoilacTV

Open and in front. Working leg points directly to the front, while the body is angled away from the audience towards the working leg. Working leg "opens" from the supporting leg.

This article was about the ballet body as it pertains to those in the professional realm of dance. When dancers are training at a professional or pre-professional level, the shape of their bodies will be "seamless" and "sculptural".

Learning the directions and facings of the body in ballet is very important. Dancers must know where their body is in space in order to create the line they want. Please note, hips and shoulders should stay square in all the different directions/facings.

In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which can be straight or demi-plié, with the other leg extended behind and at right angles to it, and the arms held in various harmonious positions creating the longest possible line from the fingertips to the toes.