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Monday, January 27, 2014

Mad Monday and A Place to Go Before


Mad Monday and A Place to Go Before
In ballet, there is an opposite energy that is used before the intended movement is executed. Confused?  In simpler terms, for every movement in ballet, there’s a place to go before you go where you intended to go.  Still not clear?
Examples:  In a first port de bras, the fingers move slightly forward before the arms move to à la seconde; from fifth en haut, the fingers go up before moving the arms open and down.  In a plié the energy (lift) goes up before the knees bend and the body descends.  For almost any movement there is always a breath (a lifting upward) before the movement begins.
Get it?  There’s always a place to go before you go where you are going – Secret 7g.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7g:
“There’s always a place to go before you go where you are going.”

 

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