Mad Monday Crochet Hook
You will remember Ballet Secret #4k: A tendu leads with the heel
when moving toward the front, and the toes
when moving toward the back.
Here is another thing to think about that will help in
maintaining a turned-out leg in tendu devant.
Imagine someone standing in front of you pulling gently on the working
heel with a crochet hook – or a small vaudeville hook, or some similar item.
This helps fine-tune the sensation (which should never stop until the dancer does), of constantly rotating
the working leg. In a tendu devant it is all too easy to relax the turn-out and allow
the heel to droop toward the floor (gasp!) especially at the end (or
outward-most) position of the tendu. Here an even stronger pull from the
crochet hook must be felt.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #4p:
“To keep the heel rotating forward in a tendu devant, imagine someone standing
in front of you pulling it with a crochet hook.”
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