Smarty Prance started this discussion ·
Hey Gals! I was hoping some of you could point me toward a good tutorial or give me advice on how to achieve Ballerina arm and hand gestures while poling. It looks so beautiful and I haven't got a clue where to start. Thanks!
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From what I've seen, a lot of it has to do with extension- allowing yourself to reach with your arms, to move them around way out, because it looks a lot better. For pretty hands, it's often with the first, third and forth finger (so pointer finger, ring finger and pinky) extended out, though relaxed, and then the middle finger is pointing slightly down from those. The thumb is also pointing forward, but relaxed. It's... sort of hard to describe... You could do a Google search for "ballet hands" in the images, and you'll find some good pictures. This is also often used in things like belly dancing, as well. I'm not super sure of the picture links on the forum yet, so... yeah. For graceful arm movement, I find that it's like an "arm wave" the same way we do a body wave. Shoulder, then elbow, then wrist and then fingertips. Often it's done a bit faster and less exaggerated as the body wave. I would say, best way to get a feel for it is to look up lots of pole dancers you really like, and watch just their arms. See what they do, see when they do it, learn about the movements. You could also look for belly dancing and such, because graceful arms are things almost all dancers strive for!
If your interested, there are full length routines and short routines/combo in the lessons that will help you with movement and even hands and feet. It takes a lot of practice and watching others!
Oh! Thank you Ladies! I'll be working on it fore sure!
Felix Cane's Artistry DVD talks and demonstrates hands, feet, climbing, walking, transitions. I found it very useful.
I'll also look for it. I've heard that pole dancing makes the muscles of the body stronger, but not bigger. I tend to have floppy arm fat and decided to lift weights and so on, which led to almost no change, except for my biceps and triceps growing stronger :(
Strength training won't eliminate fat on its own, you need to reduce calorie intake and increase cardio based exercise.
