Grand rond de jambe jete (Soviet syllabus)

In this movement (advance level only), the leg is brushed through 1st and thrown swiftly and energetically from the front (or back) in a high arc through 2nd.

Hint:

The shoulders should remain level, with held securely in 2nd, throughout the movement.

Petit Battement

From "wrapped" coude-pied devant, open foot sideways 2 to 3 inches.

Replace foot sur le cou-de-pied derriere.

Hints:

1. The knee stays immobile, with the lower led swinging in and out as if hinged at the knee.

2. THe level of the foot placed in back in cou-de-pied must be the same as the level of the foot in the wrapped cou-de-pied devant.

 

Rond de Jambe en L'Air

Make two elongated egg-shaped circles under the thigh, with the working toe passing the side of the supporting knee each time.

 

Importance: Once the height o the working leg has been estabblished in the starting position a la seconde, it is maintained without adjustment of the thigh (up or down) during the entire sequence of circling movement(s).

 

Battement Fondu

In this exercise, both legs bend and stretch simultaneously.

Importance:

Battement fondu is an important preparatory exercise for the study of all jumps on one leg.

Hints:

1. Maintain turnout in both legs throughout.

2. The bending and stretching of both legs must always be smoothly coordinated.

Rond de Jambe par Terre

En dehors = movement away from the supporting leg.

En dedans = movement toward the supporting leg.

Floor pattern of the leg in rond de jambe par terre

A demi-rond is half of a rond de jambe.

There are four possible directions for demi-ronds:

1. front to side (en dehors)

2. side to back (en dehors)

3. back to side (en dedans)

4. side to front (en dedans)

 

Pique/Pointe

Pique (Devant)

From 5th, degage devant and quickly lower and lift the leg in the open position, bouncing the toes off the floor with sharp, rebound quality.

Note: This movement may be excuted with more than one pointe in any of the positions to the front, side or back.