Position of the week: 1st Position

At DanceFIT, we give all our dancers a position worksheet each week. Our dancers are creative, artistic and love to color, but as dance professionals we also know how important visuals and repetition are for young children.  When you begin learning ballet, one of the first things you will learn is the five basic ballet positions, normally referred to as positions one through five.  They are important because every basic move in ballet begins and ends in one of the five positions --- and are referred to regardless of level.

Although we begin teaching our toddlers to put their heels together like a piece of pizza, this position goes way beyond that.

First position (Première position):
A posture in which the feet are placed turned outwards with the heels touching
I hope you enjoy coloring this and practicing with your dancer this week!

These lovely worksheets are purchased on danceteacherpress.com. They make great posters too!

My Brookline dancers practicing first position.