Fun Friday Airplanes and Grand Battements
Aren’t grand battements fun? It’s usually the first time at
barre when you can really let loose! Legs flying around, high extensions on
full display. Whew!
But, like so many steps, grand battements have their
problems. Often it is during the landing in fifth. Because of all the energy
expended in getting the legs high in the air, the landings in fifth can
sometimes (gasp!) crash. Not good.
Instead, imagine that the working foot is a small airplane
filled with tiny passengers. The landing must be as smooth as any landing in a
real airplane. No bumping or jostling of passengers is allowed.
Always taxi smoothly into fifth position.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #12g:
“Imagine the working
foot as an airplane filled with tiny people, and make sure the landing is a
smooth one.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“The moment you doubt whether you can fly,
you cease for ever to be able to do it.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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