Vocabulary at it's Best

Changement de Pieds:

 CHANGING! 

A jump in which the feet change position in the air!

Entrechat Quatre: 

A step of beating in which the dancer jumps into the air 

and rapidly crosses the legs before he/she lands.

How The Barre Exercise Goes Down!

THE ORDER OF THE  BARRE

Plié

Demi

  Grand 

Tendu

Degagé

Rond de jambe

      En Dehors

      En Dedan 

Frappé

Fondu

Battement 

      Petit

      Grand 

      

Two New Vocabulary Words

Développé: (Barre Exercise) This movment is done with the leg if first lifted to Retiré position (The working leg is raised to the side, turned out, with knee sharply bent so the toe is pointed in front of or behind the supporting knee. Common pose during standard pirouette, intermediate position for other moves. Term is interchangeable with 'passe') Then the leg is fully extended passing through attitude position. This move can be done to the front (en avant) to the side (a la seconde), or to the back (derriere) 

éveloppé: (Barre Exercise) This is the oposite of Développé. The Leg (in the air) comes through attitude position down through retire position and placed back on the floor. This can also be done to the front, side, and back. 

The Jumps I was Supposed to Talk About

                     
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Sauts: Jump. This jump is done from two feet to two feet. This is a simple jump and is normally added to other actions to make the move more complex or difficult. This jump can be done in first or second position.

Jeté: This is a jump done with the dancer taking off on one foot and landing on the other foot.

Temps levé: "Rising Movement" This is a jump where the dancer takes off of one leg and lads on the other. This jump has one foot to hop with and the other is in a position adding depth to the jump. 

Assemblé: This jump is done by hopping off one foot and landing on two. 

Sissonne: This is a jump where the dancer takes off fromtwo feet and lands on one foot. 

                                         

Ballet Blog #4

Five different types of Leaps in Ballet 

Cabrole: An allegro (lively or brisk) step in ehich the extended legs are bent in the air. The working leg is thrust in the air. The underneath leg follows and taps or hits the first leg, sending it higher into the air. The landing is on one foot, the second leg, the working leg follows. 

• This can be done as Petite at 45 degrees or as Gronde, at a 90 degree angle. 
• This leap can be done in devant, derriere, and A la seconde.
• This leap can also be done in any position; croise, efface, and ecarte.
• The first known use of this was in 1769

Echape Saute: (esacaping or slipping movement) This leap starts in fifth position, and lands in second or fourth position (open positions). The leap is a movment of opening both feet from a closed to an open position. The dancer springs up from fifth position and finishs the leap in a demi plie in second or fourth position.

• Both feet travil an equal amount of distance from the original center of gravity. 

Jete: (Throwing step) A leap from one foot to the other, in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been tossed or thrown. There are many forms of a Jete and they may be performed in any direction. 

• Jete Battu
• Jete Entrelace 
• Jete Grand 
• Jete Gand in attitude 
• Jete Petit

Pas de Chat: (Pas-simple step) (Chat- cat step) (one foot) The feet are drawn up and the knees are bent so the legs form a dimond.  

• First known uss was in 1914

Tour en l'air: Beginning and ending in fifth position. The dancer rises straight into the airfrom a demi-plie and makes a complete rotation and lands in a demi-plie in fith position with feet reversed. 

• The rotation can be a single, double, or triple.
• This is normaly used by male dancers however some contemporary choreographers use this for femaile dancers. 

Beginning Ballet

BALLET BLOG 2

 Croisé Devant: The dancer is at an angle with his/her front to the audience, with the front leg is crossed and stretched out in front. The front arm is in the low position and the back arm is in a high position. This is done in fourth position. 

croisé derrière: The dancer is at an angle facing the audience. The front leg is straight, where as the back leg is fully stretched out behind the dancer. The visual is with the crossed leg, hence croisé or to cross. the front arm in this case is low, where as the back arm is now the high arm. 

 Effacé  Devant: The dancer stands facing front at the direction of ether front corners or the stage. The leg farthest from the audience is fully stretched out this is done in forth position. The arm that is the same as the stretched out leg is in the low or second position and the arm closest to the audience is in the high or first position.  

Effacé Derrière: The dancer stands facing front in the direction of facing ether front corners of the stage. The leg farthest from the audience is fully stretch out to the back or behind in fourth position. The arms are in attitude with the arm that is farthest from the audience in the high or first position and the arm closest to the audience is in the low or second position. 

 En Face: The dancer is fully facing the audience. with arms in second position. 

 Ecarté Devant: The dancer faces ether front corner of the stage. The leg closest to the audience fully stretched out in second position. The right arm is held in a high curve in vision with the low arm in demi second. The dancers eyes are looking up at the high right arm. 

 Ecarté Derrière: The dancer faces ether front corner of the stage. With the leg that is furthest from the stage fully stretched out in second position. The back arm is in high first position, where as the are closest to the audience is in demi second. The dancer is now looking down at the lower arm. 

 Tendu À La Seconde: The dancer is in second position. The arms are in second and on leg is fully stretched out in second position. 

Tendu À La Quatrieme Devant: The dancers arms are in second position and the dancer stands in fourth position facing the front of the stage or in En Face. The front leg is fully stretched. 

 Tendu À La Quatrieme Derrère: The dancers arms are in second position and the dancer stands in fourth position facing the front of the stage or in En Face. The back leg is fully stretched. 

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Beginning Ballet

 Blog Assignment #1

Plié-->Bent, Bending: A bending of the knee or knees 

           Demi--> half 

                        Demi Plié--> half bend of the knees 

          Grand -->Big, Large 

Tendu-->Stretched 

Dégagé-->Disengaged, or disengaging step 

Rond De Jambe à Terre--> An exercise at the bar or in the center in which one leg is made to describe a series of circular movements on the ground. Both legs must be perfectly straight and all movements must come from the hip, along with the arching and relaxing of the instep

En Dehors--> Turn out 

En Dedans--> Turn In  

Port De Bras--> Carriage of the arms 

1. a movement or series of movements made by passing the arms through various positions

2. Group of exercises designed to make the arms move 

Cambré--> Arched. The body is bent from the waist backward or sideways