Mad Monday
Upside Down Beats
When dancers
begin learning beats, the side to side action necessary is
difficult. It is not only difficult to learn, it is difficult to teach.
Begin by
having the students lie on the floor with their legs up, feet in fifth
position pointing to the ceiling. Now have them open and close their legs,
making sure to move the feet and legs side to side when opening and closing in fifth. Students
will see what is needed right away.
Then have
them try it standing back up, in the center. I have found that having students jump from second,
beat in fifth and land back in second is a good way for them to feel the
crossing of the thighs and the feet. The second position can then be made
smaller and smaller until the dancers can beat from fifth.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #15ddd:
“Lie on the floor with
your legs up to practice beats.”
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“When I hang
upside down and write the wrong way up, will my letters be upside down or the
right way up?”
― Anthony T Hincks
― Anthony T Hincks
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