Fun Friday Enveloppés

Fun Friday Enveloppés

You will recall that every step in ballet has a name and can be reversed. Today’s secret involves the reverse of developpé – enveloppé. The word means “enveloped”, but when I learned this step as a student I thought it sounded like “envelope” (which comes from the same French root) and that seems to be exactly what the step does.

Unlike a developpé that unfolds (usually from a passé), an enveloppé folds back into, or through a passé, and moves on down into fifth or whatever closing position is required. It is just like placing a letter (the working foot) into an envelope.

So on your next enveloppé, imagine tucking a letter into an envelope.

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Secret #11f:  

“Imagine tucking a letter into an envelope in an enveloppé.”

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