When preparing in fourth position for a pirouette, there can
be a tendency to lift the heels off the floor instead on pressing them down
into the floor. This “popping” of the
heels ruins the force that should be created from the preparation.
To prevent this lifting of the heels, it helps to imagine
that there are “pirouette buttons” on the floor, located directly underneath
each heel. These buttons are magic pirouette buttons, and they have
to be pressed in order to create a successful turn.
Of course, there is also an equal and opposite lift in the
body as the heels press down into the floor.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #14c:
“Imagine buttons under the heels in a pirouette
preparation.”
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