Sensational Saturday Catch
Earlier I talked about the position of the hands in ballet
and how there should never be any “hamburger hands” – that is, it shouldn’t
look like the dancer is holding a giant hamburger…
There is another common problem with hand positions, and
that is when the fingers stretch not only forward, but outward, splaying the
fingers into a position that resembles a catcher’s mitt in baseball. Not good.
There are no catcher’s mitt hands in ballet. Ever.
Instead, the hand position involves only a slight extension
of the fingers beyond the normally relaxed position the hands have when they are
simply hanging at the side of the body.
The thumb falls in line with the slightly extended fingers and never
splays out away from them, just as it does when the hand is relaxed.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #50p:
“There are no catcher’s mitts in ballet.”
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“I've learned that you shouldn't go
through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw
something back.”
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