Wacky Wednesday Pop
I’ve blogged
before about assemblé; see Ballet Secret
# 15d: “In an assemblé, to make sure
the legs assemble in the air, imagine catching a fly between the ankles.” As most dance students know, assemblés must
assemble in the air. That’s the
important part – in the air, not on the landing. And like a cabriole, the
second leg must travel up and out to
meet the first leg in the air. That means that the first leg can’tt go up so
high that the second leg is unable to “catch” it.
Another fun
step is the petit assemblé, which, unlike the standard assemblé, assembles as
the leg (usually in cou de pied) shoots downward toward the floor, and a lovely
fifth position sous-sus in the air is
shown before the dancer lands in fifth.
To do this
effectively, imagine the effervescence of a bottle of carbonated soda, and lift
the body as though the bottle was just shaken and the bubbles rise madly - causing
the top to pop off.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15gg:
“Petit assemblés assemble downward
instead of outward.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Life is not a solo act. It's a huge
collaboration, and we all need to assemble around us the people who care about
us and support us in times of strife.”
-
Tim
Gunn
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