Mad Monday Sharp
An object that is readily available in
any classroom is a sharpened pencil. This is not only a writing instrument, but
also a useful visual aid in a ballet class.
There are many things in dance that
require pinpoint accuracy, and this is where the pencil comes in. Use it to demonstrate
the target point of a piqué – any piqué, turning or otherwise. Use
it to show how a rond de jambe en l’air inscribes an imaginary oval in the air
as though the big toe of the working foot is
a sharp pencil. Use it to describe movement patterns – straight lines or curves.
Or imagine your stretched foot being the sharpened point of a pencil. Then
there are pencil turns…you get the idea.
I’m sure you can come up with other examples.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #20aa:
“A sharp pencil can be used to illustrate many things.”
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“And, most
important of all," added the Mathemagician, "here is your own magic
staff. Use it well and there is nothing it cannot do for you."
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
He placed in Milo's breast pocket a small gleaming pencil which, except for the size, was much like his own.”
― Norton Juster, The Phantom Tollbooth
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