Tango Dancer Posted April 13, 2020 Share Posted April 13, 2020 (edited) I think the best one is the one that one of the teachers gave me. "Now watch your hand as it moves in the port de bras from first to fifth and keep it in your peripheral vision. Imagine you've just had the best manicure of your life and can't stop looking at your new shellac." It certainly worked for me. I am now a lot better at following my hand with my eye. I'd say the other great correction I picked up was watching the Swan Lake Insight event last month. Wayne Sleep was coaching the Neapolitan dance and he said to the dancers "you may not be able to make a correction instantly. Think it, internalise it and then it will settle in better for next time." I found that very helpful personally. Edited April 13, 2020 by Tango Dancer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share Posted May 12, 2020 Not a correction, but Nina Thilas-Mohs was complaining about a carpet being like a "beige swamp" over the weekend.. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 "Your knees should feel like your lungs" - Anna du Boisson (Not something you think about much unless things are badly wrong? Stuffed up with snot? Infected with COVID-19? So many possibilities....) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 13/04/2020 at 17:38, Tango Dancer said: I think the best one is the one that one of the teachers gave me. "Now watch your hand as it moves in the port de bras from first to fifth and keep it in your peripheral vision. Imagine you've just had the best manicure of your life and can't stop looking at your new shellac." It certainly worked for me. I am now a lot better at following my hand with my eye. similar correction about hands / eyes in port de bra ' you have your phonein your ahnd with a selfie of your lover on the screen , you can;t take your eyes off them ' 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share Posted August 24, 2020 "Don't crush the tiny people under your instep" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted September 17, 2020 Author Share Posted September 17, 2020 Anna du Boisson: "Don't dance like a stick insect!" Well, I'm glad we've made that completely clear. [Actually it was the prelude to a really good point about chainé and soutenu - you're constantly told to stretch the knees, straighten the leg, and turn out, but to get this right you need to initiate the turn with a tiny plié and slightly relax the turnout] 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted November 21, 2020 Author Share Posted November 21, 2020 Renato Paroni: "if you want a better balance, let the fingers lead the port de bras" (it was a developpé devant on relévé and it ****ing worked!) Also RP: "Jellyfish the arms...not the shoulders" (Not sure if I jellyfished correctly) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted March 1, 2021 Author Share Posted March 1, 2021 Anna du Boisson: "Everybody. [End stop and pause] Shine!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 14 hours ago, TYR said: Anna du Boisson: "Everybody. [End stop and pause] Shine!" I absolutely love Anna as person and find her classes such fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted March 4, 2021 Author Share Posted March 4, 2021 We dance tomorrow for Julia Felix! Ballet is really painful. If you don’t feel that, then you’re not doing it properly https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2021/mar/04/julie-felix-the-brilliant-black-ballerina-who-was-forced-to-leave-britain 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Dancer Posted April 3, 2021 Share Posted April 3, 2021 I had a good one in class. "Stop looking at the floor. Imagine there's someone really handsome opposite you and you are giving them the eye and flirting with a smile." It does work. I actually have a picture of my father on the wall and I make eye contact with it to ensure I'm keeping my head up and to look at when spotting. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted June 3, 2021 Author Share Posted June 3, 2021 Anna du B: "Excellent! That's an excellent balance, Alex! ... but you need to end like a prince." 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted June 4, 2021 Author Share Posted June 4, 2021 Princes tend to end up either dead, or on the throne, so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Anna du Boisson today: "It was Rudolf Nureyev who told me this...turn off your second foot" I did try it but it might have worked better for him 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 I was interpreting that as "switch off", but I don't think that was what was meant?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 I tried the weight shift implied but I think you might have to be him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted July 20, 2021 Author Share Posted July 20, 2021 A beauty from today's carnage at noon: "Show us the DANCER, Fiona!" The point was to show that rather than just dry technique but I am now desperate to find an excuse to say this to someone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Dancer Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Got a good one in 1980s dance this week. We were dancing to "Like a Prayer." Teacher said "you're dancing like a high church choir. You need to be more Pentecostal and flow with it so we can see the feeling." I'd never thought of it that way but the visual was amusing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Anna du Boisson this lunchtime. We do our thing in centre. Anna: "... isn't life interesting?" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I love the way Nina T-M sometimes says "This will cost you" - when something might be tough or uncomfortable or hurt, but will result in better technique & easeful movement ... I think of this comment when my gym trainer makes me do 20 burpee box jump overs (I did this 5 times today, interspersed with the assault bike). This will cost me, but the gains! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted October 4, 2021 Author Share Posted October 4, 2021 Nina on Sunday at CSB: Quote Eat the floor! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJH Posted October 4, 2021 Share Posted October 4, 2021 6 hours ago, TYR said: Nina on Sunday at CSB: oh god yes ! that was fabulous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted October 18, 2021 Author Share Posted October 18, 2021 "If we were in the US, there would be plenty of gardens with skeletons in" Huh? Right, *Halloween* "It's the rotation of the ulna! without that, no tools, no agriculture, no culture, and no dancing! we would be mere animals!" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted October 28, 2021 Author Share Posted October 28, 2021 Darren Parrish: "Rond de jambes should be done in a swimming pool" (It was about pushing against resistance to get the accent through the arc) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alison Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 I sometimes think half the ballet barre ought to be done in a swimming pool. It's amazing how much higher my extensions go that way 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 oh yessss! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share Posted October 29, 2021 Anna du Boisson today: "Your arms shouldn't be high, or low, but....effective." Also: "when you are in fifth, push down through the floor with your heels and you will feel your inner thighs engage". Not surreal, but definitely useful. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted October 29, 2021 Share Posted October 29, 2021 Not too many Ronde De Jambes in the swimming pool though ....have been suffering from hip flexor injury brought on by too much enthusiastic ballet exercises including jumping and fouettes etc in the swimming pool last month. No ballet for four weeks already 😩 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 Useful: "in an extension balance, only two or three of your toes are really in contact, so it's crucial that you overcross as you reach" Cryptic: "The head is, in general, attached to the body" General exhortation: "Bring all the LIGHT and LOVE in the world in and then THROW IT OUT AGAIN!!!" it was a very good class. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tango Dancer Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I got the best one tonight in my street class at Pineapple. We were doing an NSYNC number. "You're dancing like you're in Bognor Regis - far too relaxed. Be more fierce and energised" I've not been to Bognor Regis so don't know how they dance but the image was quite amusing. My ballet teachers never say anything that entertaining. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted November 15, 2021 Author Share Posted November 15, 2021 Bognor Regis? A stately minuet would be preferable to the raindance: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=on5TLUz-ag4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinMM Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 (edited) Ha ha Tango Dancer TYR has it with the minuet lol!! Be more Brighton!! Edited November 15, 2021 by LinMM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TYR Posted December 1, 2021 Author Share Posted December 1, 2021 "Could you try dancing what I set? I've marked it four times and I'm going to have a breakdown" 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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