Mad Monday Ovals and Diamonds
When the arms are in fifth en haut (high fifth), the arms should make a perfect oval shape. It is as though the face
is framed in a lovely, old-fashioned oval picture frame.
But often the oval shape is not realized,
and instead, a diamond shape is created. Not good. Diamonds are wonderful
in their place, but fifth en haut isn’t it. A diamond shape happens when the
elbows are bent instead of lengthened, and the curved nature of the shape is
lost.
Instead, the elbows and the arms must
elongate until the perfect oval shape is formed. This is done by spending some
time in front of a mirror to establish how the arms feel in the correct configuration.
Ovals,
not diamonds!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #6lll:
“Ovals, not diamonds, framing the face.”
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― Khalid Masood
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