The position of the body supported on one leg with the other leg extended behind the body with the knee straight. The back leg may either touch the floor in tendu back (arabesque parterre) or be raised at an angle of 45o or 90o. When the angle is much greater than 90o and the body leans forward to counterbalance the back leg, the pose is called arabesque penchee. There are also various arm and leg combinations such as forward on the same side as the back leg or the other arm forward.
How to perfect the arabesque?
We all have our weak points some just have a weak leg. What i used to do to strengthen my leg is do the arabesque on the floor. Or simply stretch, squat and do many plies.
We can see in this picture the calf of the leg is fully extended, this is a very IMPORTANT factor. You cannot slack off when doing a complex arabesque.
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