Technical Tuesday Circular Port de Bras
When a dancer first learns circular port de bras, it can be
confusing. Where does the movement start and where does it stop? A circle is
continuous, after all, so a definite beginning and ending point must be
established.
Imagine the face of a giant clock, and the dancer is
standing in the middle. Twelve o’clock
is directly in front of the student, and six o’clock is directly behind. The circular
port de bras begins with the dancer standing upright and the first movement involves
rotating the torso outward (away from the barre) then descending at about the 2
o’clock position. The movement continues
like this: the next point is straight down (looking at the knees, or 12 o’clock),
then angling upward toward the barre (10 o’clock), then directly side (9 o’clock),
then angled back (8 o’clock), then straight back (6 o’clock), side back (4 o’clock)
and finally returning to the exact point of beginning into a straight, well
aligned posture.
So for any circular port de bras, imagine standing in the
middle of a huge clock face.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #6x:
“ In a circular port de bras, imagine the face of a giant clock.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
““Everything has a way of coming full
circle. It takes patience and perseverance to see a dream through...to close
that circle. Because some dreams, like some circles, can be much bigger than
others.”
― Karen Dale Trask
― Karen Dale Trask
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