Sensational Saturday Statute

Sensational Saturday Statute

Ahhhh, those lovely, useful, all-purposed pliés! A step that can do almost anything, and yet is so horribly underappreciated and under-utilized. And that’s too bad.

A plié must be deep and rich to be used to its full potential. A wrinkle in the tights isn’t enough, but so often that’s all that happens. Sad.

Think of a plié as something that goes on forever – it never stops. It just keeps deepening until you cannot go any deeper.  The only time a plié isn’t full and deep is during bourrées, since the knees are relaxed to allow for the movement.  And relaxed knees are a rarity in classical ballet.

So beware of the dreaded wrinkle in the tights. The only time you should see it is in bourrées.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Ballet Statute #28:  

“A wrinkle in your tights does not qualify as a plié.”

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-Douglas MacArthur

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