B is for Battement
Battement- [bat-MAH] Beating. can be done as "grand battement" or as "petite battement" both of which have many forms including en cloche or as battement jete (grand) or sur le cou-de-pied, frappe, tendu, or degage (petite).
Frappe:
En cloche:
Tendu:
Sur le cou-de-pied:
Degage:
Battement jete (with en cloche):
Stay on your toes,
Selly
En cloche:
Tendu:
Sur le cou-de-pied:
Degage:
Battement jete (with en cloche):
Stay on your toes,
Selly
3 Comments:
I really donno how these girls dance from their toes.. Standing .. That hard work goodness.. Awesome post.. I really like it..
I really donno how these girls dance from their toes.. Standing .. That hard work goodness.. Awesome post.. I really like it..
Yep, we do work hard. The dancing on the toes is called pointe work. It uses special shoes with very hard boxes and shanks (the parts of the shoe covering the toe and bottom of the foot) to support the foot while dancing en pointe.
See http://danceoutlook.blogspot.com/2007/09/anatomy-of-pointe-shoe.html
Thanks for stopping by!
Selly
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