Wild Wednesday Beat Formula
The world of ballet technique is filled
with formulas. Today I’m talking about the formula for beats.
The difficulty with beats is performing
an angular in-and-out movement as opposed to something that looks like a stuck-together front-and-back movement. Scary.
To prevent this, here is the formula for
beats: up, open, beat, open, beat. The
dancer jumps up, then the legs open sideways to a small second position
in the air, next the legs beat
together, then the legs open back to
second, then they beat again before
landing. This is the basic formula for something like an entrechat quatre. For
more beats you simply add on.
Now it may seem as though there isn’t
enough time to get all that stuff accomplished during the brief time you’re in
the air, but it does work. Practicing at the barre - or as I mentioned in a
previous blog - lying on your back with feet in the air helps develop the
muscle memory for the important in-and-out pattern.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #15www:
“Remember the formula for beats: up,
open, beat, open, beat.”
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