Mad Monday Maintaining

Mad Monday Maintaining

One handy little trade secret involves petit allegro combinations.  These jumping sets are always featured in any good ballet class, and are almost always found in auditions.  And, since we are not perfect, mistakes happen.

When it comes to auditions, we hope our mistakes will be few, or at least go unnoticed.  The easiest way to escape detection in any jumping combination is simple:  just keep jumping!   If you continue bouncing merrily along, in tempo with the rest of the group, it is likely that any minor error will go unnoticed.  (Unless it is a monumental blunder, in which case all hope is lost.)

So maintain the tempo and the bounce until the combination of steps can be picked up again and continued in the intended way.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #15o:  

“In any petit allegro combination, if a mistake is made, just keep jumping in tempo.”

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Quote of the Day:

““Until then we must carry on and have courage.”
― Jan Moran, Scent of Triumph

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