Wild Wednesday and Ski Jumps
In honor of the upcoming Winter Olympics, I thought this
would be a good time to blog about the importance of ski jumps. The angle and trajectory of them, that is.
When a dancer moves from a passé or retiré position to an
attitude derriere or arabesque, the placement of the torso must change. It moves forward, with an up and outward
energy. The central, supporting axis now
extends from the supporting leg up through the lower back instead of through
the middle of the body and exits from the top of the head. A significant change!
To achieve this alignment, imagine the curve of a ski
jump. The body moves along this “ski
jump” as it transitions from passé to arabesque.
From the Big Blue Book
of Ballet Secrets
Secret #18b:
“When moving from
passé to a derriere position, imagine moving the torso along a ski jump
trajectory.”
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