Attitudes and Water Glasses
In an attitude devant, the turn-out (rotation from the hip
socket) must be maintained. The tendency
is for the heel to drop, causing the knee to face upward, instead of sideways,
thus compromising the necessary turned-out position and the correct line of the
attitude.
To prevent this, imagine balancing a glass of water on the
heel of the working foot. Or it could be
a glass of anything – just as long as it can sit securely on the heel.
Now, this is almost impossible to do in reality, although I
have had students with a natural ability to immediately put the leg into a
perfectly placed attitude devant. They
are the exception. But simply thinking
about balancing a container of liquid is very useful for establishing and
maintaining a correct attitude devant position.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #18a:
“In an attitude devant, imagine balancing a glass of water on the heel
of the working foot.”
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of the Day:
“The major work of
the world is not done by geniuses. It is done by ordinary people, with balance
in their lives, who have learned to work in an extraordinary manner.”
- Gordon B. Hinckley
- Gordon B. Hinckley
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