Fun Friday Peel and Stick
One challenging thing about tendus and ultimately dégagés, rond de jambes and grand battements, is maintaining the rotation in the legs, particularly the
working leg when it is in derrière. Here the leg wants to rotate under, which
causes the knee to face the floor (gasp!).
To prevent this, and to always maintain the correct rotation
(turn-out) in each leg, imagine one of those peel-and-stick lights that people
put in closets or cabinets that can be turned out by a simple push. During
tendus or any other step stick one of these lights on each knee, turn them on,
and make sure the light always shines outward – and never at the floor!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #4q:
“ Imagine a peel-and-stick light on each knee that always shines
outward.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
““Any perceived 'rejection' is simply a
're-direction'.”
― The Truth AD Infinitum
― The Truth AD Infinitum
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