Fun Friday Ecarté
Ecarté is a lovely position!
Dancers are often told they should imagine the profile on a Roman coin to
correctly achieve the line of the head in an ecarté. This is true.
Unlike the other positions of the body where the head moves a quarter
turn plus adds an incline, ecarté is the exception.
In an ecarté devant, the head turns to the side, but there is no incline (ear to the
shoulder) at all. Instead, there is a
slight lift to the chin, and also a slight incline in the shoulder line. The
eye focus is outward and upward, directed well beyond the raised working arm. This is designed, as are all the prescribed head
positions, to provide a counterweight for the leg positions.
Therefore, the position of the head not only makes the position
beautiful to look at, but also serves a very practical purpose: it balances (stabilizes) the position.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #9d:
“ In an ecarté, the
head is not inclined, but directly turned and the chin lifted.”
Link of the Day:
(Note the lovely ecartés
at 2:35)
Quote
of the Day:
“Time is a circus, always packing up and
moving away.”
-
Ben Hecht
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