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Monday, February 23, 2015

Marvelous Monday Holding

Marvelous Monday Holding

In the dance world, ballerinas are often presented with a bouquet of flowers onstage (often long-stemmed roses), during or after taking a bow. And, as one would expect in classical ballet, there is a prescribed way of holding these flowers: resting in the arms (almost horizontally) as though cradling a baby.

 If a dancer is right-handed, often the crook of the left elbow is where the flowers are cradled, leaving the right hand free to pick out a single blossom (usually prepared beforehand) to present to her partner during the curtain call. Or vice-versa.

At no time should the flowers be held upright, like a bridal bouquet, or  clenched down at the side. They are always cradled gently and elegantly.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #7nn:  
“A bouquet of flowers should be held like a baby.”

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“The earth laughs in flowers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson


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