Saturday Pop Tart Statute
You will remember Ballet
Statute #4a: “A tendu never leaves
the floor. Otherwise it is not a tendu.”
When this happens, and the foot is no longer in contact with the floor, the
foot tends to “pop” upward, usually at the end (outward) position of the tendu.
In other words, the movement is correct until the last, outward moment, when
the popping occurs.
To keep the foot in constant contact with the floor is the
goal of a tendu, and to do this the under-circle sensation I’ve blogged about
before must be used. It also helps to think of ironing the floor with the
bottom of the tendu foot.
Avoid pop-tart tendus!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #61:
“There are no “Pop-Tart tendues.”
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“You only grow by coming to the end of
something and by beginning something else.”
― John Irving
― John Irving
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