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Teachers's wisdom: with this issue, Dance Magazine begins a new monthly column where we ask distinguished dance teachers their advice about technique, performing, and health. Assistant David Editor Tamara Johnson interviews master teacher David Howard.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-APR-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Teachers's wisdom: with this issue, Dance Magazine begins a new monthly column where we ask distinguished dance teachers their advice about technique, performing, and health. Assistant David Editor Tamara Johnson interviews master teacher David Howard.(This Month)(Interview)

Article Excerpt
TURNS GENERATE SO MUCH EXCITEMENT IN THE AUDIENCE, AND TRIPLES ARE BECOMING MORE COMMON TO SEE ON STAGE, SO THIS ABILITY IS VERY IN DEMAND. HOW CAN DANCERS LEARN TO MASTER MULTIPLE PIROUETTES? I'll do anything to get a person turning, whatever works. A lot of it is confidence, and a lot of it has to do with the shape of the foot. If you look at the structure of the foot of a boy who turns well, it's generally very wide and has a large big toe, so there's a broad platform on which to balance. I generally make students who are having trouble try turning with their hands flat on their chest so that they get their arms out of the way. Shorter arms, in terms of turning, are better than longer arms. Often you have someone with long arms, and the arms make too wide a pattern for the body. This is the worst thing in the...

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