Marvelous Monday Three
There are three places a tendu targets. When performed from
fifth position, in devant the tendu is in front of the belly button, in the back
it is behind the heel of the supporting foot, and to the side it is in the
dancer’s individual “control zone” determined by their amount of turn-out. Therefore the target spot for tendu side will
vary slightly with each individual, but generally it is a bit in front of the
side seam of the dancer’s leotard.
This is important for everything that comes later! A développé devant, for example, must be
directly in front of the torso and not be allowed to deviate off to one
side. It is the repetition of tendus and
degagés that creates the muscle memory necessary for the correct placement of hundreds
of other positions and movements.
That’s why tendu is the second most important step after plié.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #4i:
“Remember the three specific places for a tendu.”
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