Wild Wednesday Walk
Why would anyone worry about walking? Ballet means dancing – right?
No – not all the time. The ability to do a lovely balletic walk is important,
especially for circumstances like entering and exiting the stage, or during
long acts of classical ballets where walking around in the background is done.
The classical ballet walk involves stepping
with a fully stretched working foot forward, then the toes touch the ground first and
the foot rolls through until the whole foot is on the floor (moderately turned
out).
Immediately after the heel touches the
ground, the weight is transferred forward and the back knee bends and the foot executes
a small développé that passes by the now supporting leg and the whole process starts
over again. Of course, lovely, regal balletic posture is maintained
throughout.
Walks that are performed quickly follow the same path but done almost exclusively on the demi-pointe (see the entrance on the Link of the Day below.)
All of this is a very complicated way of
saying that walking in ballet involves rolling through the feet from toes to
heel – with good balletic posture.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21nn:
“Walking is a highly underrated skill in ballet.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“But the
beauty is in the walking -- we are betrayed by destinations.”
― Gwyn Thomas
― Gwyn Thomas
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