Fun Friday Hybrids
Ballet technique is very specific. It
has developed over centuries – that’s right – centuries, so there is little
left to chance. A step is a step is a step. There are no twenty-first century hybrids.
The definition of hybrid is: “a thing made by
combining two different elements; a mixture”. Therefore, a hybrid ballet
step would be one that combines two different steps, creating a mixture – one that
is not recognized in ballet.
The most common hybrid I see is one I’ll
call “chas-lié”. This
is a combination of chassé
and temps lié, and
it is not a legitimate step! It
usually happens when the initial plié of a chassé doesn’t occur and the dancer slides the working foot
into the second half of a temps lié, producing a hybrid step.
Beware of hybrid steps.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #21ii:
“Beware of hybrid steps.”
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