 the male dancer
written by Bill at on 15.02. at 08:29:19 - as answer to: Re: An actual dance question, believe it or not by balletboy >Hi guys!>B+ is more of starting pose than a position. The weight should be centered forward, 100% over the tanding leg. There should be no pressure on the toes.>It's not really a fourth position, because the toes can be poised on the floor behind the standing leg at almost any distance. There is a style variation to this pose. Look at videos and you'll see that the distance varies by the danseur (or choreographer).>The foot can be brushed (like going into an assemble) or placed (like moving the foot through sur-le-coupe-de-pied into a develope.>balletboy Thanks, Balletboy and Dr. D. It was a stupid question, or maybe the way I phrased it was stupid. I realize now that all of the weight should be on the front, supporting leg, and the rear foot should be held in arched position. I just got so tired while repeating this that I did in fact start to shift my weight to my rear leg and foot. The B+ position as used in my class that night was indeed a starting pose, from which the rear foot commences an assemble, leading into waltz steps. Answers to this message:
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