Saturday and Ducks
It has been said that the average audience member watches
dancers from the waist up. This is not
surprising, because a beautiful dancer makes the movements look effortless –
largely because of what is not happening
above the waist.
All the work and concentration on turn-out, strength, feet,
etc. is focused below the waist,
while the upper body and facial expressions appear relaxed, calm and fluid.
It is like a duck on a pond.
Ducks appear to glide effortlessly across the water, but below the water
level their feet are working hard to provide that propulsion. They do all this with the illusion of calm
serenity above the water!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7e:
“A dancer’s upper body
should appear like a duck on a pond: relaxed and calm.”
Link of the Day:
A cute baby duck:
Quote
of the Day:
“Be like a duck. Calm
on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.”
-Michael Caine
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