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Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Wild Wednesday Walk



Wild Wednesday Walk

Why would anyone worry about walking? Ballet means dancing – right? No – not all the time. The ability to do a lovely balletic walk is important, especially for circumstances like entering and exiting the stage, or during long acts of classical ballets where walking around in the background is done.

The classical ballet walk involves stepping with a fully stretched working foot forward, then the toes touch the ground first and the foot rolls through until the whole foot is on the floor (moderately turned out).

Immediately after the heel touches the ground, the weight is transferred forward and the back knee bends and the foot executes a small développé that passes by the now supporting leg and the whole process starts over again. Of course, lovely, regal balletic posture is maintained throughout.

Walks that are performed quickly follow the same path but done almost exclusively on the demi-pointe (see the entrance on the Link of the Day below.)

All of this is a very complicated way of saying that walking in ballet involves rolling through the feet from toes to heel – with good balletic posture.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21nn:
“Walking is a highly underrated skill in ballet.”

Link of the Day:

Quote of the Day:
“But the beauty is in the walking -- we are betrayed by destinations.”
― Gwyn Thomas

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