Wild Wednesday Sewing Machine
Bourrées are wonderful – when they
are performed well they create an incredible illusion. Especially if paired with
a little dry ice fog, the dancer appears to be literally floating across the
stage. Ahhhhhh….
So how does one do this? It’s a matter
of making many, many, tiny steps. Big
steps cause a bouncy, chunky look even if the legs are well crossed in between.
Also, the knees must be relaxed. That’s
what serves as a shock absorber so the upper body doesn’t look like the dancer
is bourréei-ng on a gravel road.
Imagine the smooth purr of a sewing
machine making rapid, tiny stitches in a piece of cloth. That’s how the bourrées
should feel.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #33v:
“Bourrées should feel like a sewing machine making
tiny stitches.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“I am
floating, I thought, completely without anchor, at the mercy of the
wind.”
― S.J. Watson
― S.J. Watson
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