Technical Tuesday Pointers
Today’s title may make it sound like I am going to give you
lots of hints. No. Just one.
I’m talking about those
uncontrolled arms in arabesque that point to the ceiling instead of maintaining
a good, straight forward (and only slightly up) position .
You know the problem:
The front arm during a piqué arabesque, or especially in a sauté
arabesque that suddenly points directly overhead as if the dancer is raising
her hand to ask permission to leave the room.
This happens because the momentum
of the piqué or the sauté, if not controlled, will cause the arm to
lift. It’s a natural reaction, but the
wrong one for beautiful line in ballet.
If a dancer is photographed at the moment when the arm points overhead,
it can appear as though the arm is growing out of the dancer’s head. Overall, this “pointer” reflex is one that
must be controlled.
To prevent this inappropriate pointing, remember to send
energy forward and out through the fingertips, and
direct the step itself out and up –
not just up.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7gg:
“Energy in the arabesque arm extends out and up, otherwise momentum
will cause the arm to point to the ceiling.”
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