Saturday Curling Statute
There is no curling in ballet. Curling exists in many things: curled hair, curled pasta, curled ribbons – there is even a sport by that name. But not in ballet!
The most common place for curling to occur is in the fingers, and sometimes, the toes. Curling the toes results in “grabbing” the floor and is not only unnecessary, it also creates too much tension.
In the fingers, it usually means the dancer has failed to lengthen the fingers and has just allowed them to droop. And we already know there is no drooping in ballet. Or, the fingers are “grasping” the air, as though reaching for an invisible grab bar.
Therefore, there is no curling in ballet.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Statute # 101:
“There is no curling in ballet.”
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