Terrific Tuesday and Elevator Shaft
Last year I blogged about toasters, and how dancers should
imagine that every plié is done in a toaster (Secret #2a). If this image doesn’t work well for you, here
is another one: Imagine that the body is
in a tight elevator shaft and every plié is done in this small space. At no time should the head or upper body come
into contact with the wall of the shaft.
It is as though the body itself is the elevator, moving
smoothly up and down without any deviation in the shaft. Think about the opposite: what would happen to an elevator if it didn’t
move that way, but instead wobbled back and forth in a shaft that was ill-fitted
for it. Scary thought.
So plié like an elevator – dependably straight up and down.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #2m:
“Plié like your body
is an elevator in a shaft.”
Link of the Day:
For those days when
you decide to take the stairs!
Quote
of the Day:
“Giving
up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller
coaster a thousand times.”
-
Aimee
Mullins
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