Tendus: Mary said that the tendus initiate with the foot. Amazingly, I thought of lifting the instep, and it made a huge difference in my tendus. Mary even noticed.
Petit allegro, Mary said that the gesture leg should only go as high as you can jump, and the position should assemble in the air above it.
Retiré: I have been unable to balance my pelvis laterally. Ilona told me I needed to release a muscle (maybe it was the glut. med.s or something), but when she fixed it, I felt a definite release on the outside of my hips. (Lateral as opposed to medial.)
Closing fifth: Now that I have a decent enough fifth to be corrected, but Mary and Ilona corrected my fifth, as in I need to close it and rotate it more.
Chassé: remaining turned out. we worked on that with Ilona.
tendu, cou-de-pied en tournant: turn in fifth, then move the gesture leg.
En dedans turns: Ilona was pushing me to go for two, but I couldn't do it. I need to generate the force correctly, so that I don't distort my alignment. Needs more work.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Monday, March 12, 2012
Gino thoughts
work through the feet, even the toes, to have that smooth, even feeling. in tendus, in jumps, everywhere.
hmm...guess that's the main one.
hmm...guess that's the main one.
Marcus Sunday, Ilona Monday
Marcus:
When I stand in fifth, Right foot front, I'm not grounded. Please work on that!
It's really hard to hold an extension in second. The gesture leg needs to be fully active!
Balancés should have it's own character and fluidity, not just ignored until you get to the next step.
Chassés should be much more grounded all the way through.
When I plié, I tend to lower my chin. But instead, open up. Show yourself to the audience as you prepare for the next step.
Ilona:
Standing in a very loose fifth makes it easier to find a tighter fifth later in class.
as I éleve, there's a point where I lose my ankles, but if I think of pulling up the insteps of my foot, I regain stability.
keep hips even in retiré. (Tendency was to lift the side of the gesture leg.)
Arabesque, even with tendu, needs to be on the balls of the feet of the supporting leg. Otherwise it goes into the rectus femoris.
When doing big jumps, don't lose the form of the turnout nor of the feet.
Pirouettes: keep my arms with me (instead of leaving them behind me when I turn).
When I stand in fifth, Right foot front, I'm not grounded. Please work on that!
It's really hard to hold an extension in second. The gesture leg needs to be fully active!
Balancés should have it's own character and fluidity, not just ignored until you get to the next step.
Chassés should be much more grounded all the way through.
When I plié, I tend to lower my chin. But instead, open up. Show yourself to the audience as you prepare for the next step.
Ilona:
Standing in a very loose fifth makes it easier to find a tighter fifth later in class.
as I éleve, there's a point where I lose my ankles, but if I think of pulling up the insteps of my foot, I regain stability.
keep hips even in retiré. (Tendency was to lift the side of the gesture leg.)
Arabesque, even with tendu, needs to be on the balls of the feet of the supporting leg. Otherwise it goes into the rectus femoris.
When doing big jumps, don't lose the form of the turnout nor of the feet.
Pirouettes: keep my arms with me (instead of leaving them behind me when I turn).
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Breathing
Taylor worked on taking a breath.
I leaned against the wall with my hands pushing forward so that gravity could help me release my abdominals.
There's a release before the inhale, and when I inhale, there's an even bigger release. I currently feel it as a stretch, probably in my lower abdominals.
It's incredible. It completely changed my Gyrotonic work. I felt much more connected from the sitz bones to the skull. It released my low back, kept my hips open and in line, and gave meaning to the breathing rhythms.
Definitely something to try to incorporate everywhere. Maybe even ballet.
I leaned against the wall with my hands pushing forward so that gravity could help me release my abdominals.
There's a release before the inhale, and when I inhale, there's an even bigger release. I currently feel it as a stretch, probably in my lower abdominals.
It's incredible. It completely changed my Gyrotonic work. I felt much more connected from the sitz bones to the skull. It released my low back, kept my hips open and in line, and gave meaning to the breathing rhythms.
Definitely something to try to incorporate everywhere. Maybe even ballet.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Horton
Sitting out during Jimmy's class was interesting. It was a small class so he could give more corrections.
The theme of the day was: DON'T ARCH.
In the flat back series, especially in the relevé sequence, people tend to arch in the flat back and coming back to upright in the arch causes them to be off center and fall.
In the coccyx sit, Brittney was feeling it in her lower back. That's because she was arching. Jimmy said that the coccyx sit should actually be done with a wide angle between the torso and the legs. The small angle was added way after Lester Horton.
Brittney's stag turns were a little shakey. She was tilting her torso toward the supporting leg.
Coming from the front T, parallel rond de jambe the gesture leg to the side, to get the leg higher, you twist at the hips. At least, that's what everyone else did.
I don't remember any other corrections, but there were a lot of good ones today.
The theme of the day was: DON'T ARCH.
In the flat back series, especially in the relevé sequence, people tend to arch in the flat back and coming back to upright in the arch causes them to be off center and fall.
In the coccyx sit, Brittney was feeling it in her lower back. That's because she was arching. Jimmy said that the coccyx sit should actually be done with a wide angle between the torso and the legs. The small angle was added way after Lester Horton.
Brittney's stag turns were a little shakey. She was tilting her torso toward the supporting leg.
Coming from the front T, parallel rond de jambe the gesture leg to the side, to get the leg higher, you twist at the hips. At least, that's what everyone else did.
I don't remember any other corrections, but there were a lot of good ones today.
Alexander Technique private with Shannon
I don't know what happened. But, here goes:
I went in with my knee strain. We took it very carefully. the entire session was table work.
First we followed the directions: Allow the neck to be free so the head can roll forward and up and the back can lengthen and widen.
Then she added hips back (hips = pelvis girdle), knees forward, heels back and down, calves up and forward.
She held my leg up by my foot and asked me to release down into it, as I would into the ground. I felt my foot unsickle, and my leg got longer. She also worked with a bent knee position, when my hip released, it started to turn out. I also felt my knee spasming, but it slowed down.
Odd that my legs lengthened, but not through the usual Gyrotonic way. Guess I'll have to add that to my toolbox.
She also focused on my pelvis. She thought that my sacrum was "out". I think that means out of alignment. She put her hand under my sacrum and helped me release. It was okay, but the tension went into my hips. then we let the legs extend along the table and it seemed to change. my hips and knees released.
Walking was challenging. I felt my knee unstable again. And my sacrum/pelvis fell out of alignment again.
It's a long road ahead.
I went in with my knee strain. We took it very carefully. the entire session was table work.
First we followed the directions: Allow the neck to be free so the head can roll forward and up and the back can lengthen and widen.
Then she added hips back (hips = pelvis girdle), knees forward, heels back and down, calves up and forward.
She held my leg up by my foot and asked me to release down into it, as I would into the ground. I felt my foot unsickle, and my leg got longer. She also worked with a bent knee position, when my hip released, it started to turn out. I also felt my knee spasming, but it slowed down.
Odd that my legs lengthened, but not through the usual Gyrotonic way. Guess I'll have to add that to my toolbox.
She also focused on my pelvis. She thought that my sacrum was "out". I think that means out of alignment. She put her hand under my sacrum and helped me release. It was okay, but the tension went into my hips. then we let the legs extend along the table and it seemed to change. my hips and knees released.
Walking was challenging. I felt my knee unstable again. And my sacrum/pelvis fell out of alignment again.
It's a long road ahead.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Stephen Petronio's Release technique
Move from the distal ends of the bones.
This is such a life changer.
This is such a life changer.
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