I just viewed the media clip on Marianela Nunez as the Lilac Fairy in Sleeping Beauty. After Thursday's ballet class, I was interested in the idea of being able to visualize the inner thigh muscle activating and firing as a ballerina moves on stage. I never thought that you could physically see how a dancer "works". I can depict whether a dancer has skill when I watch them. I never knew how to see the skill just by looking at a dancer as pure muscle and anatomy.
When I view this clip, I can see the inner thing muscles wrapping around to the front on her base leg during her turning sequences. I did not realize that this technical adjustment of having the inner thigh forward goes through the body and mind of the most amazing performers at their level. I just predetermined that these dancers are just naturally amazing. I assume that they never have to think about the moves. They just have to show what they have to the audience.
The understanding that they have to work in the same way I do on a different body helps me to be less "put down" after watching such a performance and more inspired by it. I would love to work as hard as these dancers on the basic technique concepts in order to put the results on my body as a dancer. I will never look like these movers anatomically. However, I am willing to apply the same concepts onto my body to get my personal best results over years of training.
Props to the Lilac Fairy!
Aimee Heslop
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