Mad Monday Press not Pull
The barre arm is so often forgotten!
Dancers are always putting their focus on everything else and the arm on the
barre is left to its own devices. Sigh.
But the arm on the barre is important!
The sensations in this arm help develop the equal-and-opposite energy feelings
needed for every step since the arms balance the body and the legs. Never
underestimate the power of the barre arm!
The arm on the barre presses down and
never (except in certain pull-away-from-the-barre exercises) pulls away.
Pulling away shifts the weight off the supporting leg and that’s never a
good thing.
Also, the hand on the barre never grips
or squeezes. Think of the barre as a human partner and you’ll know immediately
how much pressure is appropriate.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #16w:
“The barre arm presses down, it never pulls.”
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