A study comparing female classical ballet students to non-dancer ... at least initially Turnout is one of the most fundamental positions in ballet and refers to outward rotation of the hips ...

Starting age, years of classical ballet training, and current and past dance training ... 6 Subjects stood on a piece of paper and were asked to adopt their “first position” (fig 1) as they do in ...

The birth of modernism in ballet was a violent ... of deliberately turned-in positions; tight, angular gestures; and earthbound jumps — the antithesis of classical ballet. During the production ...