Wednesday Pizza
Rond de jambes a terre (on the ground), inscribe a lovely
half circle on the floor. This half circle must be a full, geometrically
perfect half circle shape, without any squashing (there is no squashing in
ballet), and no cut corners. I have blogged before about the shape of a correct
rond de jambe in Ballet Secret #22a:
A rond de jambe inscribes a giant letter
“D” on the floor.
Here is another way to visualize it: Imagine drawing
half of a giant pizza on the floor. Of course this is a large pizza – no one wants a small one – and it must be a full half
circle and shouldn’t look like someone already took a piece away.
Often these lovely half-circle paths can actually be seen.
They remain on the floor after a ballet class (or a pointe class) is over. When
this happens it is easy to see if all the students are executing the rond de
jambes correctly.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #24c:
“Imagine drawing half
of a giant pizza on the floor in a rond de jambe a terre.”
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