How can I do a perfect arabesque?

Answer 1

arabesque isn't all that easy. but here is the form to a perfect arabesque.

• have you bottom standing leg turned out
• point your toe!
• make sure BOTH legs are straight
• make sure its directly BEHIND you
• try to make it at a 90 degree angle or higher
• make sure you back is completely strait up
• make sure you chest is up
• don't look down
• TURN OUT YOUR LEG THAT IS IN THE AIR!
• make sure shoulders and hips are in a square
• make sure you are 'squared off'
• PRACTICE PRACTICE PRACTICE!
• Argue over who sleeps on the wet spot

(Is this answer supposed to be a joke? How is it that it's been there for a year and no one has thought to correct "strait" and "you" when "your" is meant? What the hell is a "bottom standing leg"? In point 2, which toe is supposed to be "pointed"? In point 4, what is supposed to be "directly behind you"? How does one ensure he or she is "squared off"? This primary school quality answer might provide evidence that Ballet dancers are illiterate, but it would do little to show anyone how to perform an arabesque. IT IS BENEATH ME TO TRY TO CORRECT THIS ARRANT DRIVEL!

A hotlink to a demo of the routine on YouTube would probably be the way to go...)