Sensational Saturday Straw
I’ve used a drinking straw as an image before, and today The Straw
has returned.
Echappés are one of
the first jumps a student learns, yet so often I see this step performed incorrectly.
In an echappé, the feet do not jump directly from fifth position to à la seconde,
yet this is how many students do it.
Instead, the feet must pass through a good fifth position in the air (the feet making a lovely heart shape),
before the feet hit à la seconde (again in
the air), and all of this happens with the feet fully pointed and before
the dancer lands in à la seconde. In the second half of the step, the process
is performed in reverse order.
To prevent missing the critical fifth position in the air,
imagine sucking the feet and legs into a straw on the way up. Imagine a good,
thick milkshake and all the effort that is required to get a good amount of
that creamy, delicious chocolate into the straw.
Voilà! A perfect fifth position in the air.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15u:
“Imagine sucking the legs and feet into a straw as you jump in
an echappé.”
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of the Day:
“Accept what people offer. Drink their
milkshakes. Take their love.”
-Wally Lamb
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