Fun Friday Cotton
Candy
Turns in attitude or arabesque are different than other
turns, like standard pirouettes. In a regular pirouette, whether it is en
dedans or en dehors, the dancer’s head is centered over the supporting foot.
But in an open position like attitude derriere or arabesque, the head isn’t centered over the foot – it is
slightly in front of it.
Because of this difference in alignment, the turn itself is
different. It revolves more slowly, and it has more of a spiraling feeling.
Remember Ballet Secret #14f: “In an attitude turn, imagine a spiral
staircase.”
Another way to think of these turns in open positions is to
imagine a cone of cotton candy being made, with the spun candy spiraling around
and around, gradually building up around the supporting cone. The cone is solid
and doesn’t change, but the candy moves constantly around it. The cone
represents the dancer’s central axis of support in the attitude position.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15p:
“In an attitude or
arabesque turn, imagine cotton candy being made.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“To seek approval is to have no resting
place, no sanctuary. Like all judgment, approval encourages a constant
striving. It makes us uncertain of who we are and of our true value. Approval
cannot be trusted. It can be withdrawn at any time no matter what our track
record has been. It is as nourishing of real growth as cotton candy. Yet many
of us spend our lives pursuing it.”
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