Fun Friday Formula
Here we go again with another fun formula for excellent
ballet technique. This one is for attitude derriere.
This lovely position is often compromised by a lack of
rotation in the working hip. This gives the appearance of reminiscent of the “Walk
like an Egyptian” song, which isn’t good for classical ballet. But approaching
it from the idea of rotating the leg in the hip socket sometimes isn’t very
effective, and a simpler prescription is necessary.
The easiest fix for this problem is the formula: Knee up, heel down. Imagine a string
tied to the working knee that is tied to
the ceiling, pulling the knee gently upward, and at the same time feel the heel
pressing gently downward. There’s that equal and opposite thing again!
Experiment with this idea the next time you are working on
attitude derriere.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #18h:
“The formula for attitude derriere: “Knee up, heel down”.
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