Monday Shower
Shaping the arms in à la seconde requires attention to the
problem of drooping elbows. This ruins
the beautiful curve of the arms and makes the dancer look lazy. I have blogged several times about ways to
prevent this drooping elbow syndrome, suggesting ideas from marionette strings
to pillows under the arms.
So now a test! A way
to find out if the arms are indeed, correctly shaped. This test can be, and should be, done in the
privacy of one’s own home – specifically the
shower.
When the arms are correctly shaped, most of the water from a
showerhead will flow down the shoulder, down the arm and finally, roll down off
the first finger. If the elbow is
dropped, the water will run down at that point, rather like a broken gutter.
So try this test the next time you are in a shower, or
perhaps under a waterfall!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6t:
“When standing beneath the water in a shower, if the arms are correctly
shaped in à la seconde, the water will run down the arm and off the first
finger.”
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― Geoffrey Wolff
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