Wacky Wednesday Up Not Back
Keeping the knees straight is always a
goal in ballet. If one isn’t in plié, or going to and from a plié, the knees
are straight. Exceptions are positions like attitude, etc.
The secret to straight knees is to pull them up, not push them back. Ouch! We are not flamingos! The human patella (knee
cap) is designed to work up and down –
watch it move and you’ll see what I mean.
To straighten your knees, always think of
pulling them upward using the thighs, elongating the leg(s) as you do so, for
that all-important two-way energy.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #1xxx:
“Straighten the knees by pulling up not pushing back.”
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