Side Kick Pilates exercise
1. Roll on your side, resting on your arms and lifting the hip slightly off the floor.
2. Lift the outside leg forward and back and do not move your upper body. The leg is lower one can achieve more control of the motion of the movement.
3. Lie down on the side with the head resting on the floor.
4. The dancer can use the trapeze table and execute the same movement without moving her body
5. Her leg can extend higher and achieve better control of executing the leg into battement or developpe.
Reference:
Polestar Pilates (2014) Flexibility, Control, and Pilates for Dancers. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzpUGd47mgs [Accessed 2 May 2015].