Excerpt From Annette's Upcoming Book: "Spacing at the Barre and Center"

Adequate and correct spacing at the barre and in the center is essential as the student’s entire concept of him/her self and the space around them is introduced in the classroom.  If complete freedom of movement is curtailed in ANY direction the result will be that the student will execute movements and steps in a retracted, tentative and guarded way so that full out movement may never be achieved.  One can see this often at recitals where students’ movements look as though they are dancing in a very small box.  Not only is this artistically wide of the mark but it is also biomechanically unsound and can easily lead to poorly formed muscles, incorrect alignment and eventually even injuries…

Available Summer 2010!
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Online Excerpts

The following are excerpts from Annette's upcoming book:

• Forward
• Introduction
• Table of Contents
• "Bringing it Home to the Skater"
• "Spacing at the Barre and Center"
• "Lesson Length and Time Management"
• How to Begin and Maintain a ballet for figure skater program for your club
• Lesson Plan excerpts