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Katherine Linden demonstrating the gateway position.

Gateway, the

This is a position of the

arms in which the arms are

held rounded in front of

the body with the

fingertips on a level with

the bottom of the

breastbone. The backs of

the hands face outward

with the arms rounded so

that the elbows are a

little below the shoulders

and the wrists a little

below the elbows with the

point of the elbows

imperceptible. This

position corresponds to

the fifth position en

avant of the

first

position of the Russian

and French Schools. When

the arms are raised from a

low position to a high

one, the arms generally

pass through the gateway.

bras.