Wacky Wednesday Quarter Song
In the large collection of fun-to-say ballet terms, I
present emboîté. It is also a fun step to do, particularly because it is a jump
and a turn. Double fun. It is a great
way to practice spotting, and also a great way to perfect jumps and turns
simultaneously. The term emboîté means “fitted
together” or “boxed”.
The interesting thing about emboîtés is that despite the way
the step looks (there’s that illusion thing again), an emboîté isn’t truly a
half-turn, half-turn. That’s right. It is actually a one-quarter turn followed
by a three-quarter turn. Try it. It works much better this way.
Emboîtés have a song that is repeated silently in the
dancer’s mind as the step is performed: “Quarter, three-quarter, Quarter, three-quarter,
Quarter, three-quarter… You get the idea.
From now on, this song will be stuck in your head whenever
you do emboîtés.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15cc:
“An emboîté is involves a quarter turn followed by a three-quarter
turn.”
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