Technical Tuesday Dinosaur
When dancers first learn how to correctly hold their arms in
first position (fifth en avant), they are often told to imagine holding a giant
beach ball. I use this image myself, but
in addition to it I add another one.
Unless the dancer is performing a turn, the actual shape of
the arms in this position isn’t perfecty round, like a beach ball. It is more oblong, since the gentle, curved
shape of the arms in ballet is an elongated one. Therefore when the arms are in fifth en
avant, the shape is not a circle, but
an oval. (The exception is during turning movements
when the arms may cross over one another making a rounder shape.)
To achieve the correct oval shape, imagine holding a
dinosaur egg. It must be held firmly enough
to prevent dropping the large egg, but not so hard that the shell becomes
cracked or broken.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
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