Weird Wednesday and
Barbie Hands
One evening I asked my adult ballet students this
question: “What image or thought helped
you the most with your technique when you were a student?” One answer was: “Barbie Hands”. She went on to explain that she never really
understood how to shape her hands until she heard this hint.
I thought at first that this image might produce stiff,
stilted hands - but this student has lovely port de bras. So the lesson for teachers is this: try lots of images in the classroom because
you never know which one will work for a student.
I pulled out one of my old Barbie dolls (yes, I still have
them), and sure enough, Barbie’s hands come close to mimicking the correct
shape of a dancer’s hands.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
“To correctly shape
the hands think of Barbie’s hands.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Hold a true friend with both hands.”
-African proverb
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