Terrific Tuesday Toes and Feet
I try to avoid telling my students to “point” their
feet. Instead I prefer the term
“stretch”. The word “point” often makes student clench their feet, making them effectively shorter and more tense We all want a lovely pointed foot, but
getting there requires a different thought process.
Imagine stretching the foot over a basketball. The foot follows the curve of the ball,
stretching over it until the pads of the toes contact the basketball. The energy continues past the toes and
onward. It is this lengthened position
that will ultimately develop the beautiful “pointed” foot all dancers strive
for.
By imagining the basketball, the foot cannot clench and
instead must stretch and lengthen.
Excess tension in the foot is therefore avoided.
From the Big Blue Book
of Ballet Secrets
“To prevent clenching the foot, imagine stretching it over a
basketball.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“What we think determines what
happens to us, so if we want to change our lives, we need to stretch our
minds.”
-Wayne Dyer
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