Friday, April 4, 2014

Fun Friday Flies


 
Fun Friday Flies
An assemblé is a jump that is often done incorrectly.  It is a jump in which the legs must come together (assemble) in the air, before the feet make contact with the earth again.
To do this, it is the “bottom” leg - that is, the one that leaves the floor last - that needs to meet the other leg in the air.  Then both legs come down together and land in fifth together.  This is trickier than it seems.  If the first leg is too high, the second leg cannot “catch” it, and if the dancer doesn’t think about “assembling” the legs in the air, they will inevitably assemble on the ground.
To prevent this, imagine catching a fly in between the ankles in the air.  If a fly isn’t to your liking, imagine catching a snowflake, or anything else that might be found in the air.  A mosquito, perhaps.

 From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15d 
“In an assemblé, to make sure the legs assemble in the air, imagine catching a fly between the ankles.”
                                                                                                                           

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