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Lifting Your Leg From Underneath and Other Impossible Feats

October 21, 2009 · Posted by Dance Advantage ·
In a recent article on the iliopsoas muscles, I skirted discussion of the perpetuated myth that dancers can lift their legs “from underneath” or use their hamstrings to raise the leg in battement. Synchronously, a related question appeared on the Dance Advantage Interactive forum and Dianne over at the Ballet Shoes and Pointe Shoes blog kindly pointed dancers to my iliopsoas post in her article Still Trying to Lift Your Leg “From Underneath?” . I’m not sure my post made the point blatantly enough, however, and I’d like to take a moment to clarify. In classes, I’ve heard teachers talk about ...