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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“The tragedy in life doesn’t lie in not reaching your
goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal
to reach.”
-Benjamin E. Mays
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