Wild Wednesday Identification
Ah those elusive inner thigh muscles.
Dancers hear about them all the time and know it is important to find them and
use them. But it isn’t easy. A muscle has to be toned to be felt, but without
feeling it how can it become toned enough to feel?! It is a dilemma.
One way to identify these mysterious
muscles is by doing a basic foot-in-hand stretch to a la seconde. Facing the
mirror, try to increase the rotation in the working leg and notice the muscles
you see engaging. It’s usually obvious.
Now that you’ve found them, all you have
to do is use them so they will be easier to feel and find. Isn’t ballet fun?!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #3w:
“A foot-in-hand
stretch à la seconde helps identify the “underneath” thigh muscles.”
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“For there
is nothing lost, that may be found, if sought.”
― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
― Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
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