Wacky Wednesday Spring
Another accoutrement from The Cruel School of Ballet is the
spring-loaded trap door. This door opens upward, as opposed to dropping
downward like most traditional trap doors. It is on a strong spring and if the
dancer standing on it doesn’t send enough energy downward to keep the trap door
closed, it will spring open violently and throw the dancer out into space.
Scary.
These trap doors exist all over the dance classroom, at the
barre and in the center. They are unavoidable. To keep these trap doors closed, the dancer’s downward flow of energy must be constant and strong. One glitch
and whoosh! Into space!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #22w:
“Send energy downward to prevent the spring-loaded trap door
from opening.”
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