Saturday Stunning Statute
Today’s Ballet Statute is short and sweet: “Lengthen to
close”. It is a simple, but effective, directive. And poetry aside, effective directives are
important in ballet.
Whenever a dancer concludes a movement or closes a position,
there must be a corresponding lengthening of something. It is always the body, but also, in
cases like a high développé or a grand battement, there is also a lengthening
of the working leg prior to its closing in fifth (or wherever). This is all part
of the outward energy pattern I have often talked about.
This means that the dancer must always leave a little bit of
“space” or “breath” so the lengthening action can occur. If a dancer “pulls up”
too much, too soon, there will be no place left to go at the end.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #56:
“Lengthen to close.”
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