Technical Tuesday Reversé
A renversé is a beautiful step: it is
essentially a turning grand rond de jambe with a back and side bend. Sound
difficult? Not any more difficult than other steps in ballet. I have blogged
about it before with Ballet Secret #11g: A renversé creates the image of a circle
involving the leg and back when viewed from above.” The term itself means “turned
back” or “reversed”.
Because of the turning action, this step is sometimes called
pirouette renversé. Here is the
explanation from ballethub (http://ballethub.com/ballet-term/renverse/ ):
“A ballet dancer
performing a renversé
will bend their body from the waist, both sideways and backwards, with the head
following the movement of the body. A renversé
takes place during a turn and only applies to three steps: a pirouette, a pas
de bourrée en tournant and a détourné.”
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Ballet Secret #11i:
Reversé
means “turned back”.
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“Don't look back, girl,” Gravier yells as
we ride off. “You're not going that way!”
― Celia Mcmahon, Skye
― Celia Mcmahon, Skye
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