Fun Friday Assemblé Diagnostics
Assemblé is a step that causes problems
for many dancers – at all levels. Yes, we know the legs assemble, but therein
lies the rub.
It helps to apply some diagnostics to
the step. Check yourself on these and see if any of them are the problem. Here
are the most common mistakes:
- The legs don’t assemble fast enough.
- The legs aren’t
crossed enough – making a landing in third, not fifth postion (fo fix
this, think of crossing your thighs, not your feet).
- Feet aren’t pointed (stretched fully) before
leaving the ground.
- Coordination of the legs and arms.
- The assemblé leg goes too high.
- The “bottom leg” isn’t coming up to meet the assemblé leg.
The last two of
these are the most common errors I see.
It is important to think of bringing the bottom leg up – not the top leg down.
And make sure the assemblé leg doesn’t go so high that the bottom leg can’t catch
it.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #15ttt:
“Try
running a set of diagnostics on assemblés.”
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