Mmmm Monday Anticipation
As we progress toward the end of another school year,
students (and teachers) are anticipating summer vacation. The word “anticipate”
means “regard as probably; expect or
predict”. Also: “to expect or look ahead to (something) with pleasure : to look forward to (something)”,
as in summer break.
I started thinking about anticipation
and how dancers can use anticipation to help their technique. They must
anticipate changes in musical tempo and adjust their steps to stay with the
music; they must anticipate their spatial needs and always allow enough free
space for everyone to move and not crash. And, in every combination of steps,
the ending of one step is the preparation for the next so this transition must
be anticipated in order to create a good flow of movement.
Anticipation involves mentally preparing for a rehearsal or
a performance, too. Dancers often have to fill in for a dancer who is suddenly
injured or ill, and anticipating this possibility will help one “step up to the
plate”.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #23g:
“ Being able to
anticipate is a good tool for dancers.”
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“If you come at
four in the afternoon, I'll begin to be happy by three.”
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince
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