It's Fun Friday. Period.
I refer you today to Wednesday’s post: Ballet Secret #7rr, which states “Always finish each movement or combination.” Because this is an important – important – thing, I am going to mention
another way to think about it.
A properly finished set of steps is like a proper sentence
in writing. If I wrote this blog and never used any punctuation, particularly
periods, it would be very difficult to read. A “paragraph” or “sentence” in
dance is similar. A lovely finish at the end of a combination in dance is like
a period at the end of a sentence. It provides a satisfactory conclusion and
lets the audience know it is finished, and hopefully gives them a beautiful
moment to savor and remember.
The next time you are tempted to walk off the floor disappointed
in some step you didn’t accomplish, remember that adding a wonderful finish can
help save the whole combination. Whatever it was that didn’t work will be
better next time, and you’ll feel better knowing you saw it through to the
end. Hmmmm. That’s sounds like a good
life lesson, too.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7tt:
“A good finish is like a period at the end of a sentence.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Whatever
it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure
than you ever will from something you never finished.”
― Neil Gaiman
― Neil Gaiman
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