
HSC Dance | Posture, Placement and Alignment | Core/Major Performance
Updated: Apr 27, 2021

I know what you are thinking. My posture is fine! I've been doing ballet for years! To that I say, fantastic, I'm glad that you know how to execute correct posture in both simple and complex movement sequences. BUT, can you explain to me what posture, placement and alignment is?
⇨ You need to have an understanding of what posture is and how it is applicable to dance. There also must be the understanding of how bad posture is a detriment on someones dancing abilities.
⇨ Knowing parallel and turnout position is not enough information to get you through your interview. You need to be able to explain this is DETAIL.
⇨ Alignment. This is one that everyone thinks they have a grasp of. This may be true, most dancers have a basic understanding of alignment, but can't talk about it in detail in relation to performance quality, or how this differs from locomotor to non-locomotor sequences