Super Saturday Fishing Statute
The feet in ballet are always doing something. There are either pointing, on the way to pointing, on
demi-pointe, full pointe, or melding against the floor as a critical support.
At no time do they flop. Feet flopping
around like dead fish should never, ever,
happen.
A flopping fish foot tends to occur when the dancer is
concentrating on the other foot – I
see it often during a series of relevés on one foot. The raised foot is the
forgotten one and it flops around near the ankle or knee. Horrors!
A flopping foot is caused by a lack of energy (or no
energy at all) in the foot. This means the energy has stopped somewhere along
the pathway to the foot. And, as well all know, the energy must always extend
out beyond the extremities, not just
to the end of the feet, arms or head.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #51:
“There are no “fish” feet in ballet.”
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