Fun Friday
Frame by Frame Fouettés
Today’s link
describes a different way to think about fouettés. If you are working on
improving yours (and who isn’t?), try this new way of thinking.
Imagine “stirring”
the port de bras as a way of feeling the centripetal and centrifugal forces
(see previous blog on this), and also imagine “sitting” back and forward (toward the back corner of the room) on each turn.
This prevents moving gradually forward and/or side with each turn. In effect,
it helps keep you in the same place. Today’s video explains this in detail.
There are many fouetté videos on Youtube that you can watch frame by frame and
see the breakdown.
Remember: The
problem with fouettés isn’t creating
the force, but controlling it.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #14kk.:
“Stirring
the pot helps with fouettés.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
Everything
turns, rotates, spins, circles, loops, pulsates, resonates, and repeats.”
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
― Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem
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