Unbeatable Tuesday

Unbeatable Tuesday

For fledgling ballet students, learning the difference between a royale and an entrechat quatre can be confusing, because the two steps are similar.  These basic beating steps are important because almost every beating step in the repertoire is based on one or the other (humans have only two feet, after all).

The easiest way to remember the difference is this:  a royale changes feet (if the right foot begins in the front, it lands in the back); and an entrechat quatre doesn’t change feet (if the right foot begins in the front it lands in the front).  That’s it.  More advanced beats may land on two feet or one foot, but the rule stands:  The landing of a royale changes feet, the landing of an entrechat quatre doesn’t. 

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #15f:  

“The landing of a royale changes feet, the landing of an entrechat quatre doesn’t change feet.”

 

                Link of the Day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sC9WgwBTMqY&safe=active         

 

Quote of the Day:  

“Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.”

-Napoleon Hill

 

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