Fun Friday Oldie but Goodie
This is an old, but excellent image for maintaining turn-out
in an attitude devant. It helps to
demonstrate this with an actual prop, and to start by having the dancer place
their foot on the barre in the correct position.
With the leg on the barre, place a paper cup,
or a glass, or a coffee cup, or any other stable and relatively lightweight
item readily available in a dance classroom, onto the ankle/heel of the dancer’s
working foot. Explain that this is the image they should have in their
mind any time they perform an attitude devant.
Now, if the object is unbreakable, have the dancer try to remove the leg
from the barre without dropping the item.
Yes, it is almost impossible, but the point is well taken.
The technically perfect attitude devant is achievable by a
very few select individuals, although getting close to this perfection is
within the grasp of most dancers given enough time and training.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #20i:
“Balance an object on the heel of the working foot to maintain correct
turn-out.”
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of the Day:
“The delicate balance of mentoring
someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity
to create themselves.
-
Steven Spielberg
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