Monday Marionettes
A common problem many young dancers have is understanding
the support and correct shaping of the upper arm in à la seconde. I blogged about imagining brackets of support
this past Saturday: the idea that the lift comes from underneath the upper arm. In a previous post I talked about “secret
service eyes” on the elbows. But sometimes
a different image is called for. This idea
works from the opposite end to (hopefully) produce the same desired
result: that of beautifully placed arms.
Imagine a string tied to each elbow, like those on a puppet
or marionette. The string gently lifts
the elbows to the correct position – facing the wall behind the dancer. Sometimes producing support from underneath requires a visual image of a
pull from above.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6h:
“Imagine a string on
each elbow, like those on a marionette; and those strings are pulled gently
upward.”
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