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Monday, June 11, 2018

Mad Monday Motor



Mad Monday Motor

When you drive a car and stop at an intersection, the engine doesn’t cut off, it keeps running, or idling. Think about what a problem it would be if the motor did shut off and you had to start it over again every time you came to a stop.

This is a good analogy for how your body works when dancing. When learning new steps or choreography the tendency is to stop or pause in between each step – effectively cutting your engine. Not good.

Your body is always idling, like a car engine, even during momentary pauses in combinations or choreography. It’s like a cat getting ready to spring – its body idling until the moment of take-off.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21mm:
”Imagine idling your motor.”

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“You are
What you do
When it counts"
- The Masao”
― John SteakleyArmor

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