Monday Soubresaut
Yes, the Easter Bunny has returned to his burrow until next
year, but there is a step in ballet that makes me think of hopping bunnies: the soubresaut. It is named well, since soubre means sudden and saut refers
to jumping. The jump is also the basis for
the temps de poisson step which adds an arched position of the body.
It makes me think of rabbits because it is simply a “straight
up” jump done from fifth that lands in fifth.
It can stay in place, or travel in any direction. It is the traveling version that makes me
think of a hopping bunny.
This jump is often introduced early in a dancer’s training,
since it teaches the student to jump and return to the same position without
deviation. It also teaches the necessary
“rebound” so critical to good balon.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15g:
“The term soubresaut
comes from the words meaning ‘sudden’ and ‘jump’.”
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“Perfection is achieved, not when there is
nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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