Super Saturday Stage Statute
There are certain skills and bits of knowledge that are
important for a dancer to know that extend beyond dance technique itself. Many
of these involve stage technique
.
Often these skills are assimilated more than taught – by simply
being onstage. One of them is today’s Ballet Statute #41: “After a stage blackout, hold the final
position for at least two seconds.”
That’s right. After the final notes of the music have
sounded and the dancers have hit their final pose, the stage goes dark –
blackout. The dancers must then count to themselves “one-one-thousand,
two-one-thousand”, before they move a muscle. This is because the audience’s
eyes need time to adjust to the darkness and if the dancers move too soon their
“ghosts” or silhouettes will still be visible.
And seeing the dancers scramble madly for the wings (even in
silhouette) will ruin the magic they have worked so hard to create.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #41:
“After a stage blackout, hold the final position for at least two
seconds.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
““There are seasons when to be still
demands immeasurably higher strength than to act.”
― Margaret Bottome
― Margaret Bottome
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