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Summary: Kids stretch for ballet by doing various exercises at the barre, such as stretching the arm completely over the head and bending the torso to the side. See how children stretch their bodies for ballet class with helpful information from an experienced ballet instructor in this free video on teaching dance to children.
Teresa Cassese Aubel is a native New Yorker who graduated from the High School of Performing Arts, is an alumna of the School of American Ballet, earned a BFA in dance and theatre from...read more
"On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Teresa Cassese Aubel, and I teach at Once Upon a Time. And we're here in New York City learning ballet for kids. Look at the fingers. Go up and we arch a little bit and go over, and then we come up. It's just not a bend like this. Ok, you go out, you go up, and then pull up so high and we go over. That's our stretch. That's one of our stretches. When we stretch, let's try Charles for this next one. Go to the side, come up, go over to the side, now go down, drop your head, and go to that corner and go back, and around."
eHow Article: How Kids Should Stretch in Ballet