Key steps Flashcards
Contemporary Key Steps
High release
Roll down
Triplet
Ballet Key steps
Grand jete
Glissade
Arabesque
Describe first arabesque
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
Describe glissade
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’
Describe grand jete en avant
Grand battement action, extend leg behind you into arabeque
High leg= high jump
Arc movement both up and forward
‘Big throw’
Describe high release
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
Describe Roll down
Begin with heavy head leading the curvature of the spine
Vertebrae by vertebrae
Shoulders stay down, not hunched
Chin drops
Describe triplet
3 steps of equal distance down up up pointed feet traveling step neutral pelvis arms held