Days of the Week

Question 1

Monday

Answer 1

Assembles for the Line of Aplomb

• establishing and maintaining the plumb line
• disengaging the working leg while keeping body over line of aplomb
• holding the centre of gravity

Question 2

Tuesday

Answer 2

Petit battements for Epaulement

• using the opposite side of the body to stabilise a shape
• epaulement is both functional and decorative
• acts as natural opposition in the human machine where the head is the point of a spiral

Question 3

Wednesday

Answer 3

Rond de jambe for Turnout

• encourage rotation about and from the axis without disturbing structural muscles
• creates a sense of opening and closing
• creates emotion

Question 4

Monday to Wednesday Principles and what they accomplish.

Answer 4

Aplomb, Epaulement, Turnout

They establish the dancer’s body in space.

Question 5

Thursday to Saturday Principles and what they accomplish.

Answer 5

Weight Transference, Suspension (the aerial plane), Ballon

They show how a dancer moves in space.

Question 6

Thursday

Answer 6

Jetes for Weight Transference

• stable forms established from aplomb and epaulement
• now move in all directions both a terre and en l’air, amplified by en dehors or en dedans rotations
• a freer dimension of emotional expression

Question 7

Friday

Answer 7

Batterie + Pointe for Suspension

• takes all previous principles and applies them to work above the floor
• shapes are lifted to a higher plane
• artist striving to free himself from earthly constraints
• sustaining the body en releve or en l’air

Question 8

Saturday

Answer 8

Grands fouette sautes for Ballon
-all above principles combined, plus dynamic, momentum and speed in all directions and on all planes
-most challenging and diverse combinations
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