Super Saturday Hop
Those pesky hops! You know, the ones that sneak in at the
end of a series of turns, or during a balance that isn’t quite centered. These
hops camouflage the fact that the alignment is off, and prevent the dancer from
learning exactly how the balance can
be corrected.
Hops can quickly become a bad habit. Stamp out hopping! Unless
it is specifically choreographed, like during hops on pointe (see today’s link),
or during a petit allegro combination, no hopping is allowed.
How do you stop hops? By keeping your knees straight. You
can’t hop very well (or at all) if your knees are fully pulled up. And, from a
good, solid, straight knee position, you’ll know immediately how your alignment
is off because you will fall or tilt in that direction.
When your knees are straight, you can fall over but you can’t
hop - and then you’ll know what to correct.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #59:
“There is no (un-choreographed) hopping in ballet.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“I like not to be good at anything, so I
keep hopping around.”
-
Jon Stewart
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