Fun Friday Toe Pads
You thought from the title that I was going to talk about
those cushy things you put in pointe shoes – but no. I’m talking about that
part of the foot underneath the toes – the “fingerprint” part of them, or “toeprint”
if you will.
This is an important area to feel, especially in pointe
work, but also in many other things like relevés and jumps. Moving from the
whole foot to a fully pointed foot requires an articulation of the foot – it never moves from flat to pointed in
one segment.
The foot moves, cat-like, from lifting the heel, to moving
to the demi-pointe, to the pads of the
toes, to the tips of the toes, and finally to a fully pointed foot . This
occurs whether in the air (as in a jump) or on pointe (in a relevé). It also
occurs at any tempo.
Think about the pads-of-the-toes area and use it today.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #8i:
“Be aware of and use the “fingerprints” or pads of your toes.”
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