Wacky Wednesday Rail Lines
You will
remember Ballet Secret #6a: The
arms move in specific “highways”. Today’s idea may work better for some
students.
Instead of
highways, imagine railroad tracks. Trains cannot leave the track or else there
will be a train wreck. It’s the same with balletic port de bras. The arms are
only permitted to move along certain tracks, and seldom go anywhere else. No track wreck arms are permitted.
There’s the horizontal
track forming a half circle at the height of the lower rib cage rib (well away
from the body) that moves from fifth en avant to a la second; the vertical half
circle from the hair line (fifth en haut) that moves out and down through fifth
en avant to fifth en bas; and the full circle from the hair line (fifth en
haut) to second position and on down to en bas. There are also the “rail
sidings” that move from fifth en avant to arabesque.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Ballet Secret #6xxx:
“The arms must adhere to the railroad tracks.”
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“It ought
to be plain how little you gain
by getting excited and vexed.
You'll always be late for the previous train,
and always on time for the next.”
― Piet Hein
by getting excited and vexed.
You'll always be late for the previous train,
and always on time for the next.”
― Piet Hein
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