Wacky Wednesday On and Off
By now everyone knows Ballet
Secret #2b: “A plié is a movement,
not a position”. See previous blog
here: http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/2013/09/a-plie-is-movement.html
Today I’m expanding this idea. Since a correctly executed plié
never stops, it can be imagined as something that is turned on – like light
switch – and then continues to move, burn, light, etc. until the switch is
turned off. A light that flickers
indicates that a problem exists somewhere in the bulb or the wiring, and a plié
that stops, pauses or (gasp!) flickers indicates a problem too.
Therefore, imagine a Plié Switch (you can put it anywhere)
is always turned on when the plié begins and doesn’t get turned off until the plié
is over and the next movement well established.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #2s:
“Imagine that every plié
has an on and off switch.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“The way
you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how
long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off.”
-
Robert Redford
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