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…showed last 75 words of 334 total…still include bows and other elegant manners that reflect its courtly origin. Ballet dancers learn how to hold their bodies to achieve the ideal upright posture of ballet. Their bearing is open and direct as they perform their movements. Classical ballet technique is based on positions and movements in which the legs rotate outward from the hip joint. This rotation is known as the turnout. It enables the dancer to move freely in any direction.