np.newaxis

x1 = np.array([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
# the shape of x1 is (5,)
x1_new = x1[:, np.newaxis]
# now, the shape of x1_new is (5, 1)
# array([[1],
#        [2],
#        [3],
#        [4],
#        [5]])
x1_new = x1[np.newaxis,:]
# now, the shape of x1_new is (1, 5)
# array([[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]])

In [124]: arr = np.arange(5*5).reshape(5,5)

In [125]: arr.shape
Out[125]: (5, 5)

# promoting 2D array to a 5D array
In [126]: arr_5D = arr[np.newaxis, ..., np.newaxis, np.newaxis]

In [127]: arr_5D.shape
Out[127]: (1, 5, 5, 1, 1)