Craiguerabbitry. You broke your hip and are not confidant in using that side correctly. You must be able to dance your weight from one foot to the other otherwise you will often be on the wrong foot. Gentle exercises are needed. For what its worth hold onto a chair, a Ballet Bar would be better. Raise either leg forward to about knee high. toe pointing to the floor . Bend the suppoting knee .
Now raise and lower through the knee. This can be done sideways as well as to the rear. This is the most important part. Are you just using just your knee to raise and lower. That is not correct. Its your centre core which should be working. Call it your stomach muscles if you wish. Many of us do not use our centre at all especially as we get to our advanced years and are using the wrong technique and wonder why our balance is not as good as it used to be. Use that Centre Core when you dance no matter what style you are dancing. You will , or have, come across words telling us to use the bodies centre. But nobody seems to be able to tell us exactly what it involves. Maybe these exercises might help us to understand.
