Technical Tuesday Brisé
A brisé is a
traveling jump, basically a traveling assemblé. In fact, having students do a
series of glissade assembles across the floor can be a good preliminary
exercise before introducing brises. If the pupil can achieve the assemblé, they
will more at ease with the beat and lean of the body in brisé.
The term “brisé” or “pas
brisé” means “broken step” in French. And brisés can appear that way due to the
beating and landing of the jump. The secret to brisé is the lean of the body
toward and over the beating legs – which is counterintuitive but absolutely
necessary. The upper body is the same as it is in jetés – with the lean of the
upper body being slightly forward and slightly side with a slight contraction
in the abdominal muscles. The other secret is that the push from fifth must
come from both feet. The body doesn’t want to do that, it usually wants to
slide the working foot outward too soon.
Brisés can be
performed from one foot, however, with the working foot coming from cou de pied.
This is not the most common way, but they can be done this way. Brisés can also
be reversed, with the dancer traveling diagonally back and the working leg
extending backward instead of forward.
Isn’t ballet fun?!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15kk:
“Brisé, or pas brisé, means “broken step”.”
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enough. They’re there to stop the other people.”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture
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