TYR Posted January 20, 2017 Author Share Posted January 20, 2017 "It's not a feeling; it's more of a sensation" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Last night our teacher said "You know when you get on the bus, the suspension goes psssshhhhh and the bus slowly lowers so older people can get on?" Of course, this resulted in puzzled looks. "That's how you should land from a jump." i can appreciate that as a metaphor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 "It's not a feeling; it's more of a sensation" we are straying into cap'n Jack Sparrow territory here, a bit like the 'gatecrashers' (from int / advanced) in parts of 'beginners' class i attend ... ' they're more guidelines you see ' ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArucariaBallerina Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 My teacher says about the pirouette position "remember to put your egg in your eggcup!" (Foot cradling the knee!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted January 22, 2017 Author Share Posted January 22, 2017 No wonder they're difficult - putting an egg into an eggcup while you pass an orange from one hand into the other? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 Makes me think of Julie Walters playing that waitress Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancingboy65 Posted January 22, 2017 Share Posted January 22, 2017 My DS went "Julie Walters"...half the class went ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted February 8, 2017 Author Share Posted February 8, 2017 "In ballet, gravity is a choice" - RP again. Not so much a correction as a cryptic koan from the guru but then that's RP... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Last night we were doing a barre exercise with tendu and coupe. Miss said when going from 3rd (or 5th) to the coupe, image your foot moving like a caterpillar. I've never thought about this before, but it makes perfect sense! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 "I had no idea we had so many deep sea divers in class!" Nina Thilas-Mohs thinks we should keep breathing, it seems. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 When I was doing trapeze lessons, the teacher had us sing or recite poetry when we were on the bar. You can't talk and not breathe at the same time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Look people, I'm not angry with you, I'm just so disappointed you're not giving the thread a chance to fulfil its potential I can't begin to tell you how funny this is. Chortling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 DD's teacher went through a strange period of focusing on one particular correction, almost to the point of mania, for a random fortnight earlier this year but I've no idea what she was referring to or why. Either the correction has been applied or she's given up as I've not heard reference to it lately. "Watch your filangees!" Or Phil and gees. Feelanjis. What was she going on about? I don't like the sound of it which is why it stuck in my mind. I think (before you correct me) that a philangee to a dancer is like a gill on a fish? Behind the ear. Or in region of inside upper thigh of which I don't wish to speak. It's the type of word that just makes me want to pluck out my mind's eye. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Phalanges are fingers or toes.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Ah. Must be toes. Toes that were being very very bad. Naughty toes. Naughty phalanges has less of a ring to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balletmum55 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 PV your posts are the absolute highlight of this forum ???? Actual laughing out loud ???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Thank you, I'm a mere BalletCo pipsqueak in comparison to the glory and majesty of the contributions on the Simply Adult thread - may it never end. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 (edited) The people on Simply Adult know what they're talking about - we must be more entertaining surely ( the non dancing Dance Mums/Dads that is - I won't tarnish all of you!) Edited February 22, 2017 by sarahw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalviolet Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 That thread got me through bunion surgery. I salute it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 ???????????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 A couple of days ago, Miss said when you're doing an arabesque imagine your peering out of a stable door. (Basically lean forward a bit at the waist.) I had an excellent moment in class. Miss is ex-BRB and she was one of my favourite dancers. She was doing a new sequence (nothing complicated) and we were marking it with the music. Off she and I went, but the rest of the class didn't, so I got to dance with her, which was lovely 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 Trog - Dance like a horse? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayKwok Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 "Watch your filangees!" I wonder if it is a Friends reference? Phoebe used "phalanges" in a few different contexts through the show. Always cracks me up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Trog - Dance like a horse? There is, of course, pas de cheval 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted March 27, 2017 Author Share Posted March 27, 2017 Henriette at Central on Sunday: You have the right to occupy space! Sounds like a futuristic protest campaign. Occupy Space! It did seem to help with those attitude turns though! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddsballetmum Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Not particularly a correction but more an observation - a teacher once turned to a pupil in my dd's class and likened her to fine french furniture "beautiful to look at but nobody wants to buy" he then turned to my dd and said " and you are like IKEA furniture functional and everybody buys it". We have never been able to fathom out whether or not it was a criticism or a compliment!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarahw Posted March 28, 2017 Share Posted March 28, 2017 Mmmm tricky to interpret....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 I'd see it as a compliment. I was in class a couple of weeks ago - the first time for that teacher at that studio, and she picked me out & asked me "Are you Cechetti trained?" (Yes, I am), and she commended my fluidity & dance quality to the class - I said I was faking it, and she said "Yes, of course!" I think that was a compliment! And of course, as soon as I was picked out in class, I made a mistake ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Not particularly a correction but more an observation - a teacher once turned to a pupil in my dd's class and likened her to fine french furniture "beautiful to look at but nobody wants to buy" he then turned to my dd and said " and you are like IKEA furniture functional and everybody buys it". We have never been able to fathom out whether or not it was a criticism or a compliment!! Hard to tell , maybe dancer 1 is form over function and your DD is not as technically perfect but has 'sparkle' and presence ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viv Posted April 23, 2017 Share Posted April 23, 2017 I have one teacher who seems to think that the more gruesome the imagery, the better it will stick in your mind. The one we got recently was 'imagine someone has stabbed a barbecue fork into the front of the thigh, all the way to the bone, and now they're yanking it to the side. Your thigh has to turn with the fork, doesn't it? That's turnout!' It actually seems to work quite well, though of course it started up a flurry of macabre descriptions for other things we needed to work on... Instead of supporting a tomato under our armpits, there was a toothpick waiting to stab us if we let our arms relax. There was a pin on the floor underneath our heel and if we lowered our releve too much it would stab us and we'd bleed all over the floor and cause a slip hazard for the girls in the next line. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 "Do you know Dolce & Gabbana? Not my favourite designer - I worship Tom Ford - but imagine you're trying to squeeze into one of their dresses. Boys, you're, eh, wearing a dress too." Also: "Make it a quarter turn, a half turn, a single, whatever. but whatever you do, I want it to be perfect!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sophie_rebecca Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Best one I've hear from teacher to pupil was "you dance just like your grandmother" which was actually a compliment as 3 generations of the same family dance at the school & grandma is still very beautiful to watch! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trog Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 We were doing an exercise with the arms in 4th last night and Miss wanted us to incline the head towards the high arm, "imagine you're letting water drip out of your ear". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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