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Saturday, September 10, 2016

Saturday Head Movement Statute




Saturday Head Movement Statute

Today’s Statute is similar to Ballet Statute #1: If the arms are moving the head is moving. It is expressed differently because of a common problem.

Since dancers learn quickly that they should “look at the hands”, or “follow the arms”, they do just that – literally. They never take their eyes off their hands, even when their hands are overhead. This doesn’t work. 

White it is true that the eyes follow the hands sometimes it is not true that the eyes always follow the hands. Only the head (almost) always follows the movement of the arms.If a dancer is stares straight up at their hands, the audience is now looking at the underside of their chin, and this is not a very attractive line, or a very natural one.

So follow the movement of the arms with the head (almost) all the time, and the eyes some of the time.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #83:  
“The head always moves to follow the movements of the arms. ”

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