AboutKT Expertise I can answer questions dealing with the "how tos" of jazz, ballet, hip hop and lyrical. I can help get over creative blocks with song ideas and inspiration to help create. I can answer choreography questions and techniques to help better your dancing and/or teaching.
Experience I have been dancing for 19 years in the styles of jazz, ballet, hip-hop, and contemporary. I studied at a studio rated one of the top 100 studios in the nation, then moved on to The Ohio State University to study dance. I have been teaching summer dance camps for five years. I've been choreographing solos and group routines at a local studio and for groups in my state for three years. I have also attended numerous conventions and workshops throughout the nation. Through the winter I judge for a dance team circuit in the styles of Pom, Jazz, Lyrical, and Hip-Hop.
Education/Credentials I will soon be graduating with a bachelors degree in early childhood development and a minor in dance education.
Awards and Honors This past year I was given one of only twelve scholarships out of four hundred students from Broadway Dance Center's the Pulse.
Question I really really want to get my double turns down, yet after the first one I always loose my balance and fall down from releve. Please help !!! How do I keep my balance?
Answer Hey Lisa!
There are a few reasons you could be losing your balance in a double turn. The biggest reason may be the strength of your releve. Be sure that you keep working on a strong and high releve. The more calf and ankle strength you can build up the more you will be able to stay up on your releve longer. Keep all of your weight spread out in the center of your foot rather than to one side of the foot or the other. Also make sure that you are sending energy down into the ground like you are planting roots to a tree in the ground.
Besides the releve take a look at your upper body and the position of your arms and the use of your core. Pull up from the top of your head like there is an imaginary string reaching up to the sky. Also be sure that your arms are lifted from underneath while still pressing the shoulders down to make your neck long.
Finally take a look at your core and lower body. Your stomach should be engaged the entire time you are up in releve. Keep that pase pulled up high and fully straighten that supporting leg.
