Brackets of Support
Lots of things in ballet require support from under, not
over. It’s a lot like the way most ballet
barres are attached to the wall: a
bracket is screwed to the wall and the barre runs along the top of these
brackets: support from underneath.
The arms in à la seconde are a particularly problematic
area. Dancers often lift their arms from
the top, which raises the shoulders and creates a tense upper body. The correct support should come from
underneath – using the triceps to lift the upper arms while relaxing the upper
body area around the shoulders and neck.
It is as though there is a bracket supporting the upper
arms from underneath; just like brackets support the barre.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6g:
“The arms in à la
seconde should be supported from underneath, like brackets on the wall support
a ballet barre.”
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