Wacky Wednesday Crossing
For successful beats, the feet must cross fully, and use an
angular,(not circular) pattern of movement. Dancers learn these rules as soon as
they learn how to perform beats. But achieving clean, crossed beats is difficult and
requires practice – like everything else.
To make it easier, practice beats coming from a pliƩ in
second position, and think of crossing
the thighs not the feet. This works better. After all, the feet are
attached at the bottom of the legs, so if the thighs are crossed, the feet will
cross. Easy peasy.
It’s all a matter of how you think about it.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #15kk:
“For successful beats, think of
crossing your thighs.”
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