Saturday Ceiling Statute
Dancers are often reminded to keep their eye focus off the
floor. Unfortunately, students sometimes go too far and end up looking at the
ceiling. This produces a facial expression that shows the whites of the eyes, or shows the underside of the chin – not good!
Looking up doesn’t mean looking all the way up. It means looking up and outward. Remember Ballet
Secret #1f: The eye focus is slightly
above eye level, with a “politely arrogant” expression. Another way to
think about it is to imagine focusing toward the back of the theater. I
sometimes tell my students to dance toward the balcony, but if this makes them
focus too high, I suggest the back of the theater
Most importantly, the eye focus should be natural, follow
the movement of the arms, and not
focus on the hands if they are
overhead.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute #73
“Never focus on the ceiling.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“The
soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious but still a
faithful interpreter - in the eye.”
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
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