Mad Monday Knee Lights
It’s time once again to talk turn-out.
It’s the thing that makes other things happen in ballet, and the thing that
dancers seem to talk about quite frequently.
Turn-out is essential and it’s the way
it is used that makes it so effective. It doesn’t matter how much turn-out you
have (except for aesthetics), but it does matter how you use it. Using it
properly gives a larger range of movement and much greater stability. Try
stepping onto a piqué
relevé without turning out your supporting leg and you’ll quickly see what I
mean.
That being said, one image that is fun
to use is this: imagine a laser light on each knee and always have it pointed
in the correct direction. If the legs are rotating correctly in the hip socket,
the knee lights will radiate outward to infinity. Never to the ceiling or the floor
to infinity!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #3x:
“Imagine a laser light on each knee.”
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