Mad Monday Press Down Go Up
Here is simple phrase to help you
remember how to “activate” your pliés. That is, how to plié without just dropping downward
into the knees (scary stuff). Here is the phrase: Press down to go up.
As Ballet
Secret #2b states: A plié is a
movement, not a position. Therefore it is active: the feet expand and press against the floor (the press
down) as the body lifts (the up) and the knees bend. Ballet Secret #2c: A plié is
actually an “up” movement (in energy), you only go downward because you are bending your knees.
To remember these secrets, during any plié,
think press down to go up.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Ballet Secret #2lll:
“Press down to go up.”
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