Fun Friday Tiny Face
An all-too-common problem for dancers is excessive pronation.
We call it “rolling” on the arches, and it occurs when students attempt to
force their turn-out beyond their limit.
When this happens, the little toe lifts away from the floor
and the arch and the front of the foot roll forward, sometimes even resting on
the floor. Scary.
The most important thing is this: students must fully understand how to properly
develop turn-out by rotating the femur in the hip socket and not by twisting
the feet and ankles into positions they aren’t yet ready for.
It helps to imagine a
tiny face painted on the underside of the pinky toe. This face must “kiss” the
floor at all times when the whole foot is in contact with the floor.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #7yy:
“Imagine a tiny face underneath the little toe and have it “kiss” the
floor whenever the whole foot is in contact with the floor.”
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““Patience is bitter, but its fruit is
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― Aristotle
― Aristotle
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