The Ballet Dancer

2 questions!!! Swing and the splits??

Ok. Q #1:
I take ballet (if that means anything ) and I really want to learn swing as well. I was wondering if it’s hard or easy to catch onto. Is it a lot of fun? I know the basic step and like it so far

Q#1:swing is work but it is fun once you got the steps down which all depends on how you learn and how fast you are of a learner.
Q#2 What you do is you sit with your legs open into a straddle (as far as you can get them) facing a wall. Then line your legs and body up while you are sitting with your legs open, then put your hands behind you and push forward and hold, this helps stretching the inner thigh muscles and joints. for other splits like regular one leg in front, one in the back, just go down as far as you can and hold for about 10sec. then each day increase the amount you hold by 2-3 seconds, and make sure you push further down for both splits every day. then after a while you will be in a full spit and be able to hold it for a long time. I used it when i needed help on splits, and can gladly say i can do both splits and hold it for 3Min’s.

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