Marvelous Monday Croisé
The term croisé means “crossed” and that is exactly what
happens in this important position of the body. It is also a confusing issue,
especially for beginning dancers.
Simply put, when a dancer is in a croisé position of any
kind, the legs appear crossed - from the audience’s point of view. This is
an important point. For a dancer, it is
when they look in the mirror that they
will see that one leg crosses in front of the other. But it is a subtle
crossing, so dancers usually learn the position by studying croisé devant (in the mirror), because the
leg in tendu very clearly crosses in front of the other leg. If the dancer
stands in effacé devant (effacé is the basic opposite of croisé), it should be
clear that the tendu leg doesn’t
cross in front of the other leg.
It is important for dancers to see this difference because croisé
positions are used so often in ballet technique; and understanding the
difference between croisé and effacé is the equivalent of learning right from
left.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #5g:
“ Croisé means “crossed”.
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