Fun Friday Platypus
In an effort to stretch (point) the foot fully, dancers
often fail to realize that relaxing the foot is equally important.
When the foot is on the floor, as in a plié, or simply
acting as part of the supporting leg, dancers often clench the foot, tensing
the ankle and preventing the supreme connection to gravity that is so
essential. Sometimes I tell my students
to remember to allow the bottom of the foot to melt into the floor.
Another image that I heard being used recently is this
one: imagine the foot on the floor as
looking like a platypus bill or like platypus feet (see above photo): flat and relaxed.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #16e:
“ Imagine the foot on the floor as a platypus bill or platypus feet –
flat and relaxed.”
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