Fun Friday Scoops
I have blogged before about using the image of an
under-circle, or an under-curve to achieve the correct movement pattern
necessary for so many ballet steps. Here is a new way to think about this
important concept.
Imagine standing in an ice cream shop staring down at the
big bins of ice cream, trying to choose a flavor. Chocolate? Mint Chip? Vanilla
with sprinkles? Okay. Now imagine that
you have finally selected your favorite and are watching as the attendant takes the ice cream scoop and dips it down
into and along the ice cream – making a nice, long scoop-shaped mark. Yummmm!
This is what should happen in many ballet steps. But let’s
use chassé as an example. For instance, when you chassé to a relevé arabesque, think of the chassé
as the scooping of the ice cream. It must be looooong as well as deep.
Otherwise you won’t get much of that cool, delicious ice cream.
Secret #7oo:
“Think of scooping ice cream to visualize a good under-circle.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“...stop
pacing the aisles and counting the miles. Instead, climb more mountains, eat
more ice cream, go barefoot oftener, swim more rivers, watch more sunsets,
laugh more and cry less. Life must be lived as we go along. ”
― Robert J. Hastings, Tinyburg Tales
― Robert J. Hastings, Tinyburg Tales
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