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Lizzy Howell, 15, from Milford, Delaware, shared a video of herself practicing a series of fouetté, and the clip has been viewed more than 75,000 times.

Lizzy Howell, 15, from Milford, Delaware, shared a video of herself practicing a series of fouetté, and the clip has been viewed more than 75,000 times.

If you have some basic ballet, jazz, lyrical, etc. skills, you probably want to know how to do a fouette turn. This is the kind that you see dancers do over and over and over and over and over -- how do they do it? Especially without...

Ah, fouetté turns: They can make even a veteran ballerina shake in her pointe shoes. Performing a seamless series of perfectly placed fouettés requires both strength and finesse. Struggling to get to 32? Dance instructor Stephanie Kaiser Green from

The pirouette is one of the most classic moves in dance. By learning the proper positioning and form to execute a turn, beginners and dancers can learn how to perform a pirouette like a trained dancer. Wear the appropriate footwear.

Turns are an important gymnastics skill. If your form isn’t tight and clean, you will likely receive deductions on your turns in competitions. Here’s a video with 3 drills to improve yo…

Shane Wuerthner | Ballet Coach and Strength Coach on Instagram: "Having trouble with your fouetté turns? 1. Connect you arm and leg together in the stirring action 2. Get down into your plié and don’t rise up until your leg is fully side 3. When you pull in, make sure your foot doesn’t steal the show by upstaging your knee. Stir, bend, whip, spin! Share with your rotationally challenged friends!"

A fouetté en tournant with two discrete turns

If you have some basic ballet, jazz, lyrical, etc. skills, you probably want to know how to do a fouette turn. This is the kind that you see dancers do over and over and over and over and over -- how do they do it? Especially without...