Fun Friday and Seymour
A useful object for the ballet classroom is a small model of
a human skeleton. The one I use is
plastic – a simple Halloween decoration that is, surprisingly, pretty
anatomically correct. I also use
drawings or charts when I want more detail, but Seymour (because you can “see
more” bones) is always popular.
Seymour is especially useful for showing students the
ball-and-socket joint of the hip, and how this allows the rotation of the femur
that produces the turn-out that is essential in ballet technique.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #3f:
“A model of the human
skeleton is useful for showing how the ball-and-socket joint of the hip allows a dancer to turn-out safely.”
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“Sticks and stones will break our bones, but words will
break our hearts.”
-Robert Fulghum
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