 the male dancer
written by Bill at on 17.02. at 20:59:17 - as answer to: Re: An actual dance question, believe it or not by Brian at >>Tonight in class we learned an assemble waltz. We start in the B+ position (never heard of this until now) which is a modified fourth, except that the foot of the rear leg is not flat on the floor, it's poised on arched foot. >>I guess a better way to describe it would be rond de jambe par terre, at the point where the moving leg completes its arc in back, before returning to first position. Except that in B+ position the leg that's about to move into assemble starts at that point in back.>>Have I thoroughly confused you yet? If not, here's my question: Do I put any weight on the rear foot or is the weight 100% on the supporting leg? We had to practice this repeatedly so I spent a lot of class time standing in B+ and I was tempted to curl my toes under my back foot in order to rest. Any which way, my toes were stinging after a while. (So I am very happy that I will never be called upon to dance on pointe.) >When you say an "arched foot" do you mean that it is in forced arch, or do you actually have the tops of your toes on the ground. I have studied the R.A.D. syllabus extensively, and was always taught that male dancers should never put their foot in full pointe in prepatory positon(or B+). I always thought we were supposed to start in forced arch or in a full tendue derriere. But I realize different styles require different positions. Brian: I'm not familiar with R.A.D. terminology, but in the B+ I am learning, I think that the preparatory position for the back foot is full tendue derriere. It did feel like full pointe, although that was probably due to my error in not keeping all of my weight on my supporting leg. I am the only guy in this class, which might factor into it. The instructor seems to be sensitive to this, but lately she's been dropping strong hints about pointe work, which everyone else is pretty enthusiastic about. I'm having none of it, though. Answers to this message: |
