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Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Tuesday Brisés


Tuesday Brisés

Great chefs often say that the secret to their recipe is “in the sauce”.  In ballet, the secret is often “in the plié”.  This is especially true in a brisé.

A brisé, which is essentially an assemblé with a beat that travels, is dependent upon the initiating plié.  Most of the time a brisé comes from fifth position, allowing a good “push” from both feet.  Unfortunately, a common problem, (especially for students first learning the step), is to sit back and only push with the second foot.  The plié, when done correctly with both feet, allows for the necessary brush that must happen with the leading foot.  It’s difficult to brush if the foot isn’t in contact with the floor!

I often begin teaching brisés by having the students do a simple combination of glissade/assemblé traveling from the corner.  Then I have them do it again, adding the beat and the port de bras characteristic of a standard brisé.  I’ll talk about the arm position in a future post.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #15n:  
“The secret to a brisé is in the plié.”

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