What are the feet positions for ballet?

Answer 1

There are five positions.

1st position---heels are touching and ideally your feet form a strait horizontal line.

2nd position---legs line up with feet and ideally your feet are straight out making a horizontal line (there's a gap between your feet).

3rd position---your right (or left) heel touches the bunyon part of your left (or right if the left leg is in front) foot (horizontally). It should make a triangle type shape.

4th position--- your right (or left) foot is in front of your left (or right if the left leg is in front) foot. There's a gap between your two legs, but the inner thighs are still touching. This one is the hardest to explain, but it's the vertical version of a second position (you feet still point out horizontally).

5th position---you right (or left) heel touches the top point of the left (or right if the left leg is in front) foot's big tow. It should look kind of like this < .

6th position---although rarely used in Ballet, it is when your feet are pointing forward and touching eachother. Like this only they're touching .

The basic positions of the feet and arms for ballet are demostrated in the related links. Although they may be practiced this way, you don't have to perform them 'together' as shown. A step may require, for example, first position of the feet with fourth position of arms.