Mad Monday Motor
When you drive a car and stop at an
intersection, the engine doesn’t cut off, it keeps running, or idling. Think
about what a problem it would be if the motor did shut off and you had to start
it over again every time you came to a stop.
This is a good analogy for how your body
works when dancing. When learning new steps or choreography the tendency is to
stop or pause in between each step – effectively cutting your engine. Not good.
Your body is always idling, like a car
engine, even during momentary pauses in combinations or choreography. It’s like
a cat getting ready to spring – its body idling until the moment of take-off.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21mm:
”Imagine idling your motor.”
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“You are
What you do
When it counts"
- The Masao”
― John Steakley, Armor
What you do
When it counts"
- The Masao”
― John Steakley, Armor
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