Wacky Wednesday Regeneration
Scientists have struggled for centuries to develop a
perpetual motion machine. The
first documented perpetual motion machines were described by Indian author
Bhaskara in 1159. The definition of a perpetual motion machine is: “a machine that can continue to do work
indefinitely without drawing energy from some external source; impossible under
the law of conservation of energy.”
Okay. Dancers may appear
to be the embodiment of perpetual motion, but we have a secret: the plié.
Pliés allow us to regenerate energy constantly, and they give us the lovely “flow
of movement” that makes ballet so compelling and inspiring to watch.
Think of every plié as a gentle (or sometimes not-so-gentle)
“push” that produces whatever step or position follows. It is critical that the
plié be done as perfectly as possible, and never be relegated to a secondary area
of technique.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #2v:
“A plié is a
regeneration machine.”
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