Fabulous Friday Below the Knees
A common problem in grand pliés occurs in second position.
Grand pliés in this position are designed to help the dancer “open” the
turnout, that is, stretch and warm up the legs and their connection in the hip
socket for the more difficult work to come. However, this grand plié
is still a controlled movement, and the hips should never be allowed to drop
below the knees. Going below the knees is not a safe place (health-wise), since
it puts too much stress on the knee joints.
Remember Ballet
Secret #2l? It states: A grand plié in
second makes the shape of a house. This house, with a slightly peaked
roofed, helps the dancer maintain the correct height of the pelvis at the
bottom of the plié. If the plié descends too far and the hips drop below the level
of the knees, it is as though the roof of the house caved in!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #2o:
“In a second
position grand plié, the pelvis never descends below the knees.”
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