Saturday Chaînés
Chaîné turns are beautiful to watch with their seemingly
effortless whirling progression across the floor. There are lots of hints associated with
traveling turns, like chaînés, but I’m going to start with one of the most
critical.
The problem with traveling turns is maintaining the intended
direction (often a diagonal).
Especially when dizziness interferes, the path of the dancer can become
altered – particularly dangerous onstage if there is an open orchestra pit!
To maintain the correct pathway, even when dizzy, imagine a
florescent yellow line on the floor that extends from starting point to ending
point. The leading foot in the chaîné
must always fall on this line. Another
way to think about this is: always place the leading foot directly in line with
the intended ending location (usually the corner of the room or stage.)
If the leading foot is always in the correct place, the path
of the dancer will remain true.
From the Big Blue Book
of Ballet Secrets
Secret #14e:
“The leading foot
in a chaîné must always step in line with the intended ending location.”
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what you know. And you are the guy
who’ll decide where to go.
-Dr. Seuss
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