Monday and the Invisible Wall
There is an imaginary center line of the body that is seldom
crossed by the arms. It runs down the
center of the chest to the belly button and extends out, away from the body and
forward. I tell my students to picture it as an
imaginary, solid brick wall. This is so their arms won’t over cross –
especially in port de bras associated with steps like balancé.
Port de bras often appear different to an observer than what
they are. That is, the path that the
arms actually travel are simple and direct, (usually), and seldom cross the “brick
wall” line. The illusion of more
movement is created because the torso itself moves, or twists. The brick wall maintains itself, however, always
projecting out from the center line of the body, preventing excess movement in
the arms.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6r:
“Imagine a brick wall
extending out and forward from the center of the torso.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“The brick walls are
there for a reason. The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick
walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Because the brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t want it badly
enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
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