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Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Wacky Wednesday Nose



Wacky Wednesday Nose

A common problem with the arms in pas de chat (or other steps like brisé that use the same port de bra) is forgetting about the following arm. This causes it to either droop, or flail back and forth with the body’s movement. Scary stuff.

To combat this habit, imagine the front, or leading curved arm as the face and nose of a cat, and the following arm as its lovely slightly curved tail. The tail must have as much energy as the leading arm (cat’s nose).

This works especially well for pas de chat, since it is, after all, the step of the cat.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #6kkk:
“For pas de chat imagine the curved, front arm as a cat’s nose, the back arm as the tail.”

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“What greater gift than the love of a cat.”
― Charles Dickens

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