Technical Tuesday Double Duty

Technical Tuesday Double Duty

I love ballet. It is so logical. Learning one skill is useful because it often applies in other steps later. For example, in an en dedans pirouette, there are two ways to prepare: 1.the working leg moves directly from fourth position to retiré; or 2. the working leg extends to à la seconde before moving to retiré.

I like to teach students the second way because this is the same preparation that is used for à la seconde turns en dedans. I love skills that do double duty.

I also teach the first way, but I find that students achieve that with relative ease. The preparation to à la seconde is a bit more difficult, but once perfected, a la seconde turns are easily mastered – often to the student’s surprise.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #14q:  

“An en dedans pirouette preparation that involves an extension to the side is the same as the preparation for an à la seconde turn.”

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““The love of learning, the sequestered nooks,
And all the sweet serenity of books”
― Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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