Terrific Tuesday Tombés
Yesterday I talked about linking steps and their critical
importance in ballet technique. One of
these frequently used steps is tombé.
The French translation means “to fall”, but I try not to use that with
my students. When I do, they tend to
collapse their bodies into the tombé, or hit it too hard.
Instead, I tell them a tombé is more like stepping out, just
as they would walk if they were striding down the street. When one walks the body doesn’t drop downward
into each step, nor should a dancer drop (collapse) into tombé. A tombé should land in a good plié, and
provide a smooth, extended link from one position or step to the next.
So, tombés don’t literally fall, they step.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #13d:
“Tombés don’t literally fall, they step.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but
in rising every time we fall.”
-
Nelson Mandela
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