Mad Monday Misalignment
I talk a lot about correct alignment and
how it works together with equal and opposite energy patterns. But why is it so
important to have good skeletal alignment? After all, we’ve all seen dancers
that despite being a bit off (wonky) still manage to make things happen.
The answer is this: if your body is
correctly aligned, movements are efficient
and effective. Dancing is easier.
But when the body is misaligned, although things (turns, balances, etc.) can
still be achieved, the body does so by compensating.
That is, the body may grip muscles to hold on, lean in the opposite direction
to add counterweight, or add extra, unnecessary impetus to force movements to
happen. Dancers are nothing if not determined!
Misalignment produces extra stuff that
is unnecessary at best and harmful at worst. Overdeveloped muscles, undue
stress on joints, and just plain working the body too hard all have negative repercussions,
and bad habits will be formed. Now that’s scary.
Therefore, correct alignment is
critical. Never underestimate its importance.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #1yyy:
“The aligned body moves efficiently, the misaligned
body compensates.”
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Quote of the Day:
“It has
long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most
important.”
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
― Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes
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