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Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Terrific Tuesday Penchée


Terrific Tuesday Penchée

A lovely penchée can be performed in many positions, but it is most commonly done in arabesque.  The highly coveted “six o’clock” penchée is exactly what it sounds like:  the legs form a perfect perpendicular line, like a non-digital clock reading six o’clock.”

There are a number of secrets to a successful penchée, but the most important one is Ballet Secret #21b:  “The body is allowed to go down only as much as the working leg goes up”.  It is imperative that this rule be observed, because if the body descends ahead of the leg, the line is ruined, and so is the stability of the position.

Another way to think of it is this:  the relationship (distance) between the dancer’s back and the arabesque leg is constant.  If the body inclines ahead of the leg, this relationship is broken.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #21b:  
The rule of the penchée:  the body is allowed to go down only as much as the working leg goes up.”

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