Fun Friday
Heel Magnets
A problem
with grand pliés often involves the heels. That is, their reluctance to return
to the floor immediately from the base of the plié. Instead, they stay
suspended in the air until they abruptly drop back. Not good. We all know that
the heels must return to the floor as soon as possible as the dancer ascends.
See Ballet Secret 2l: “In a grand plié,
imagine that the heels are anxious to get back on the floor.”
But, if the
heels were magnets, and the floor
metal, then there wouldn’t be a problem. The heels would automatically be drawn
back to the floor at the proper time, solving the problem.
Perhaps we
should make ballet slippers with magnets in the heels….hmmmm.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #2y:
“Imagine magnets in each heel that
pull them back to the floor in grand plié.”
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