Mad Monday Control Zone à
la Seconde
I’ve talked about dancer’s control zone before,
http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/search?q=control+zone
and it becomes especially important
during turning steps, and à la
seconde turns are a case in point.
Since the direction and momentum of the
turn presses on the leg in second, effectively pushing it back, there is a
tendency for the leg to move out of the correct position and go beyond the
dancer’s control zone (behind their side seam). Needless to say, this ruins the
turn. Sigh.
Therefore, always maintain the correct,
control zone position of the leg and body during these turns (and other turns,
most notably fouettés). Sometimes correcting a too-far-back leg is all it takes
to improve the turns.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #14yy:
“Keep the working leg in your control zone during à la seconde turns.”
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you'll not excel in it.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's Go to the Next Level
― Israelmore Ayivor, Let's Go to the Next Level
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