Wild Wednesday Walk the Line
When dancers move from the barre to the center, there are
several established rules of conduct.
Each studio or company then adds their own – or sometimes
subtracts. But students are expected to
know and follow the generally accepted (international) rules of classroom
etiquette throughout class and rehearsal.
When moving into the center, dancers are expected to form
lines. This serves more than one
purpose: it allows the teacher to see
each individual, it allows a free (safe) space for movement, and it helps
dancer learn to work in lines (critical for corps de ballet work).
The established method is this: the dancers in the front line get into place
first, then the next line forms with a dancer in each “window” (space between
dancers in the front line), and so on.
For young students, the teacher often begins by assigning places or
showing the students where they are expected to stand.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #16n:
“In the center, the front line is established first.”
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