Fun Friday Mountain Peak
When working at the barre, the
arm on the barre must be relaxed and slightly forward (Ballet Secret #7ll: Stand far enough away from the barre for
the barre arm to relaxed and slightly in front of the body.) The important
word here is “relaxed”. If the arm isn’t relaxed, the elbow creeps upward, the
corresponding shoulder lifts, and it appears as though a small elbow mountain peak
has appeared between the dancer and the barre.
This usually happens because the
dancer’s alignment is off, and the barre arm is attempting to wrestle the
dancer’s weight into position. Sometimes the balance is so far off that the
dancer actually lifts a portable barre off the floor! Scary.
So on this Fun Friday, avoid
mountain peaks and pay extra attention to the arm that is on the barre.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #22p:
“ The barre elbow
must not lift and look like a mountain peak.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Every mountain top is within reach if you
just keep climbing.”
― Barry Finlay
― Barry Finlay
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