Fun Friday Sticky Strips
There are many items I would like to invent for a dance
class. The one I’m going to talk about
today involves the difficulty students have maintaining a level pelvis, because
except in high extensions to the back, keeping the pelvis level is
critical. The most common tendency is to
tip the pelvis backward – often referred to as “sticking the seat out”. However, this tipping movement is often very
subtle.
Think of strips – like those used in whitening teeth – but
longer and wider that are sticky on one side. These strips are placed running
up from front the front of the thigh almost to the hip bone. This is the “teotard line” that I have
blogged about before.
These two strips would have sensors that detect any slight
deviation from a level pelvis and would either sound an alarm or have flashing
lights that would provide immediate feedback allowing the dancer to correct the
misalignment.
Of course, there would have to be a way to turn it off for
high extensions to the back…hmmm. So
for now we’ll have to keep it as an imaginary
image: teotard strips!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #1hh:
“Imagine strips on the “teotard” lines that sound an alarm if the
pelvis tips backward.”
Quote
of the Day:
““A reader lives a thousand lives before
he dies, said Jojen. The man who never reads lives only one.”
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
― George R.R. Martin, A Dance with Dragons
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