Monday, October 17, 2011
Body Alignment/Placement
I feel like that I can have great alignment and placement at the barr but when I move out to the floor I tend to forget about my placement at times and try to remember the combo instead. I feel like that alignment then becomes a battle between rigid placement of your body parts and the easy breezy movement feeling of the actual dancing. I can remember when I first started dancing ballet I felt more like a robot trying to dance like a graceful dancer. I use to only focus on the alignment and less on the actual dancing. Then I came to realize that the alignment/placement in ballet is not meant to be stagnant it is suppose to be a guideline for all of your movements. Do not let the technique of the dance not let you dance.
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I agree with Josh in the sense that it is difficult to translate proper body alignment produced at the barre to the center or across the floor. Mainly because there is no support system to rely on makes this a hard concept to accomplish. I also understand what Josh has to say when he mentions that alignment should be a guideline for all movement. One must realize that although the movement may be more fluid and less placed in the center, in order to achieve the ballet technique, body placement and alignment must be taken into consideration. Especially when developing smaller movement into bigger movement, proper placement is important to achieve.
ReplyDeleteRemembering alignment when stepping away from the barre is something I have always struggled with as well. It seems that it is more important to learn sequences and choreography prior to maintaining the alignment and focusing on the things that are truly making us stronger dancers. It is great finally being in classes where teachers prefer the solid technique before they expect perfect memorization of sequences and quadruple pirouettes. I love how Josh said, "Then I came to realize that the alignment/placement in ballet is not meant to be stagnant it is suppose to be a guideline for all of your movements." I took me a long time to realize just how expressive ballet can be, and that the "strict movements" are just guidelines that we have to cover before we can truly express ourselves.
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