Saturday Statute
The Big Beige Book of
Ballet Statutes (so far imaginary), includes those ballet laws that are
absolute. If there were a Big Ballet
Judge, he/she would have all eleven volumes of Big Beige Book of Ballet Statutes looming behind the bench.
So here is one selection:
In classical ballet, the elbows
are never locked. In other words,
the elbows maintain, at all times, either a correctly curved position, such as
in fifth en bas, fifth en haut, and àla second; or a slightly straighter – but never locked – position for arabesque,
ecartè, etc.
The reason behind this statute is simple: Locking the elbows, in many dancers, produces
a hyper extended arm with an unattractive backward angle. The arm can appear to be broken! It also means that the dancer is working with
too much tension which is never a good thing.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6:
“In classical ballet,
the elbows are never locked.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.”
-Mary Browne
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