Fun Friday Accelerator
A floor is a terrible thing to waste. Yet it happens all the
time. The floor is a critical partner for dancers, but it often goes
unrecognized. Sob. Yes, a floor holds you up. It also keeps you from falling
into the basement. But it is so much more!
Think of the floor as a giant accelerator. A magic
accelerator, if you will. By pushing down into it, while sending an equal
energy up, force (impetus) is produced for almost everything a dancer does,
from tendues to grand jetés. Like pressing down on the accelerator of an
automobile, pressing down on the floor allows movement. For a big, stationary
thing like a floor, that’s pretty impressive.
Floors should therefore be recognized, used and celebrated.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #9eee:
“The floor is a magic accelerator.”
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of the Day:
“Positive attitude enables you to go with
passion and see possibility in every challenging circumstance. It was by that,
that great achievers picked up metal scraps on the floor and saw machines built
from it.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Michelangelo | Beethoven | Shakespeare: 15 Things Common to Great Achievers
― Israelmore Ayivor, Michelangelo | Beethoven | Shakespeare: 15 Things Common to Great Achievers
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