Key steps Flashcards

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Contemporary Key Steps

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High release
Roll down
Triplet

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2
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Ballet Key steps

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Grand jete
Glissade
Arabesque

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3
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Describe first arabesque

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Posture.
Start in 1st.
Extend leg behind you, turned out. Big toe on ground.
Upper body held and straight back. Arm out in front of u and to the side
3 lines
Counterpull

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4
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Describe glissade

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Plié in 5th
Extend foot out to side
Transfer weight, slight spring
Turned out, pelvis neutral, shoulders down. arms in bra bas
Different types 
‘To glide’
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5
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Describe grand jete en avant

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Grand battement action, extend leg behind you into arabeque
High leg= high jump
Arc movement both up and forward
‘Big throw’

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6
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Describe high release

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Through 1st to 5th position
Extend upper back, release chin up, lifts up and arches back
Use of breath, breath out as go to 2nd with arms

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7
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Describe Roll down

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Begin with heavy head leading the curvature of the spine
Vertebrae by vertebrae
Shoulders stay down, not hunched
Chin drops

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8
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Describe triplet

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3 steps of equal distance 
down up up
pointed feet
traveling step
neutral pelvis
arms held
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