 the male dancer
written by Bill at on 12.02. at 06:16:06 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.) Answers to this message:
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