The Spine and Peanut Butter

 

It is “Fun Friday” and today I’m going to blog about peanut butter and jelly sandwiches – but not about eating them.  When “pulling up” (see my blog post with this title), it helps to imagine having a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in between each vertebrae of the spine, and to lift enough (from the top of the head) so that none of the filling squishes out.  The sandwich can be imagined as any kind – as long as the filling is of a squishy nature!

Again, this pulling up should follow the “slightly forward from the ankle” rocket angle alignment of the body discussed in my posts on “Posture” and “Rockets and Relevés”. 

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret # 1g:

“Imagine a peanut butter and jelly sandwich in between each vertebrae of the spine.”

Link of the Day:

http://dancehealthier.com/tag/anatomy-of-the-spine-for-dancers/

 

Quote of the Day:

“Laziness is nothing more than resting before you get tired.”

-          Jules Renard

 

 

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