Technical Tuesday Glass Elevator
One problem dancers face is keeping the knees straight
without pushing them backwards. As I tell my students, unless there are
flamingos in the class, I shouldn’t see dancers standing with their knees
pushed backwards.
Instead, the legs (and knees) straighten by lifting up and lengthening – and this is
true for dancers with hyperextended legs, too. Our knees are not designed to be
forcibly pushed backwards. Ouch.
To assist in achieving this, imagine a glass elevator
running up the back (or the seam) in the tights. This elevator goes straight
up, since any elevator that doesn’t would put fear in the hearts of its
occupants. It also wouldn’t operate efficiently.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #1nn:
“ Imagine a glass elevator running up the back of the tights.”
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