Anterior Pelvic Tilt Analysis

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Anterior pelvic tilt is the top of the pelvis rotating forward such as the ASIS are forward relative to the pubic symphysis. In the frontal plane it looks as if the posterior part of the pelvis is swayed backwards. As dancers we try to work through this resistance and achieve the greatest turn out possible. In order for us to gain greater turn out while standing we often try to open the hips more by sabotaging our alignment, sending the pelvis into anterior pelvic tip. Although you can achieve greater turn out this way, it ruins the aesthetic and makes the deep outward rotators less effective. This means that if you tried to perform a simple tendu to the front, you would not be able to stay turned out through the foot during the exercise. Anterior pelvic tilt also limits a dancer’s execution when doing a back battement. …show more content…

Although this may make the dancers leg possibly go hire, the dancer would not be executing proper technique for a battement. Thirdly a dancer would not be able to properly rise up on releve if he or she was susceptible to anterior pelvic tilt. Not only is releve a stance in dance that calls for balance, it is also a move that leads up to bigger things like turns or leaps. Going into anterior pelvic tilt when in releve would seriously make the dancer off balance, decreasing the amount of time she could remain on releve. As a dancer, I think about my pelvis as a bowl of soup. If the bowl is sitting up right, nothing is spoiling out. However if a dancer allows her pelvis (bowl of soup) to lean into anterior pelvic tilt the soup will spill all over the floor. The second cue I like to think about it head

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