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Saturday, November 8, 2014

Super Saturday Statute


Super Saturday Statute

It is time once again for another Ballet Statute.  Those items in ballet technique that are absolute and unquestioned. 

To celebrate the cool fall season, think of those warm, fuzzy turtleneck sweaters.  They keep your torso and neck warm and are a wonderful thing to have in anyone’s fall and winter wardrobe.  But they do not belong in ballet technique.

Turtlenecks happen in ballet when the shoulders go up and the head sinks down – like a turtle retreating into its shell.  This is never allowed.  There are no turtlenecks in ballet!

Turtlenecks often appear in grand battement derrière – as the arm moves to an arabesque position, and the leg battements, the shoulders go up, warming the ears and causing the neck to disappear. This is not a position any dancer wants to achieve, so stamp out turtlenecks by concentrating on lengthening the neck.

Keep turtlenecks confined to a closet or drawer.

From the Itty Bitty Beige Book of  Ballet Statutes:

Secret #32:  
“There are no turtlenecks in ballet.”

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