Body isolations for Dancers

Body isolation exercises: start standing with legs a little more than shoulder width apart. Keep hips still and only move ribcage. (To help to make sure hips don't move, the exercise can also be done straddeling a chair.) •arms: ◦R arm reach to floor on the side (make sure chest don't collapse forward or bend backward); repeat for L arm ◦R arm reach up above head on the side; repeat for L arm •ribcage: Left, Right (with arms extends to both sides), move hips as little as possible, shoulders and head flat. Need to compress one side while extending the other side. •ribcage: Left with L shoulder diagonally up, Right with Right shoulder diagonally up •ribcage: Front, Back. Head and shoulders stay upright. Contract and expand rib cage. •ribcage: Front, stop middle, Back, stop middle, Front (repeat) •ribcage: L, F, R, B - separate distinct positions first, then smooth circular movement. Then, reverse direction: L, B R, F. Keep upper body still and only move hips: •Hip to left and right side: twisting, lateral, pendulum. •Hip: Left, Front, Right, Back; then, Left Back, Right, Front; (first stop at distinct point, then try circular continuous movement) •Hip circles We can help with that at Dance Forever.