She often turns on her heels though. It's not something I can do - for all that the western dance training I have is at a hobbyist level (I never took more than one ballet class a week when I was a kid, same now with ballet), my body just REFUSES to countenance the clear lunacy of putting its weight back when turning. It thinks I am confused and making a mistake. HA.
I also think really high releve is not always that useful in bellydance. My releve is actually ridiculous. I like it a great deal, but being all the way up is sometimes counterproductive.
But ballet certainly does work the whole body and if I could get someone to take it for me every day (for I am lazy) I'd happily do barre every day. It's not as "wrong" and "antibellydance" as a lot of people think. There are a lot of benefits to doing some ballet, even if only to determine what is different about Them and Us.
I also think really high releve is not always that useful in bellydance. My releve is actually ridiculous. I like it a great deal, but being all the way up is sometimes counterproductive.
But ballet certainly does work the whole body and if I could get someone to take it for me every day (for I am lazy) I'd happily do barre every day. It's not as "wrong" and "antibellydance" as a lot of people think. There are a lot of benefits to doing some ballet, even if only to determine what is different about Them and Us.