Mad Monday Non-Sickle
“Sickle-ing” the foot is a common problem. Often seen in
retiré, presumably because there seems to be a natural reaction of the foot to curve
away from the standing leg, or to rest on it. For beginning dancers,
establishing the correct position of the foot in retiré can be challenging.
It helps to have the student tendu to the side and establish
a good, solid stretched foot with no sickle. Have them imagine placing a cast on the ankle and then move to retiré simply by bending the working knee.
At no time should the ankle in the cast move, or change position. The foot in
retiré has the same shape as it does in
tendu.
The rotation in the hip socket is also important for getting
and maintaining the correct shape since the rotation not only turns the leg
outward, it also rotates the heel of the working foot forward, thus preventing
the dreaded sickle.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #16o:
“To establish the correct non-sickled position of the retiré foot,
tendu à la seconde first.”
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