Karen's Dancing Memory
31.3.13
Battement glisse
Battement glisse in English school / Battement tendu jete in Soviet syllabus
From 5th, Brush the leg outward through the pointe tendue position.
Release the toes from the floor.
Battement Tendu
Battement Tendu en avant, a la seconde and derriere:
From 5th, keeping knee straight, slide toe outward to the fully pointed position,
Then slide foot inward to close in 5th.
30.3.13
Plies
Importance:
Plies act as the springboard for all jumps and are instrumental in providing the force for turns.
Hints:
1. Weight is equally distributed over both feet.
2. maintain turn-out whenever the knees are bent in plie
The postions of the arms
1 st position
2nd position
3rd position low
3rd position high
5th position
in arabesque
The position of the Feet
1st postion
2nd position
3rd position
4th position
(The distance between the feet should be approximately the length of one of the dancer's feet)
5th position
The direction of muscular functions
The following diagrams show the the complex conbination of muscular functions, that result in correct ballet stance.
Front
Back
Close To You
Close To You
Ballet Practice at UST
Part 1
Part 2
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