Thursday, April 21, 2011

Algorithm:

-"The point of this exercise is to develop a skill."
--"That skill is to quickly and accurately throw your leg to a very specific point."
----"That point is 45 degrees."
------"45 degrees is at the level of your knee cap."

I marvel at Kip's algorithmic way of speaking. That is to say, his algorithmic way of thinking. Moreover, he has a very analytical style of imparting information (teaching). Take, for instance, his analysis of the profile:

"The chin looks directly into the elbow [if chins had eyes]; the eye looks into the wrist/wristwatch/bracelet; the middle finger falls directly in line with the nose."

As he once said, ballet is an art, but that doesn't mean that it cannot be looked at with a fine eye. My teacher, he speaks from experience.