Mad Monday Grapefruit
As we know, there is no drooping in ballet.
But sometimes, drooping shows up in unexpected places – like the underarms.
Scary.
This usually happens during a port de
bras, when the arms move downward into fifth en bas and the space between the arms and
the torso disappears. There is always space between the arms and the body, and to keep it there here is an image that might help.
Imagine a grapefruit in each armpit.
That’s right, a grapefruit. This helps keep the space and buoyancy beneath the
arms, and remember - at no time is one allowed to squash the grapefruit!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Ballet Secret #6vvv:
“Imagine a grapefruit in each armpit.”
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The two have nothing else in common.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
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