Wacky Wednesday Pogo Pointe
Hops on pointe are unique. Remember Ballet Secret 22m: “For hops on pointe, imagine a tiny plié in the ankle.”? Well, that’s
just the beginning.
For successful hops, the foot must
assume an unusual position. Some refer to this as cupping the foot, or ginching
the foot. I prefer the word “cupping” since ginch sounds tense and that’s what
you don’t want.
It takes some experimentation to find
this position and it’s always best to start at the barre. The foot isn’t too
far over the box of the shoe, and certainly isn’t behind the box, but instead
is centered over the box, with the foot “cupped”. Once discovered, this unusual shape
of the foot becomes automatic, since it the only place that works. You can see
this foot shape in today’s video at 1:14.
Now that the cupped shape of the foot is
established, imagine a pogo stick: the body’s alignment is straight up and down
(just like a pogo stick) and the hops bounce along within this alignment. And
hopefully the upper body and port de bras appear relaxed and effortless. Fun!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #23g:
“Imagine a pogo stick for hops on pointe.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“…a local
train ... moved gently off up the line with a very singular motion indeed, in
which the leap of a frog, the bounce of a pogo-stick, and the canter of a very
short fat pony all were brought to mind.”
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