Mad Monday Fly
A step that is often seen in
Bournonville technique is the brisé volé. Translated, this means “flying brisé”
and that describes the step pretty well. It involves not only the standard brisé
to the front, but a brisé back as well. It can be challenging, to say the
least.
So, you may ask, what does “brisé” mean?
It means broken or breaking. So brisé volé means broken
flight or maybe even a flying broken thing. Hmmmmm….
Brisé volé is most famously seen in the
coda of the Blue Bird Pas de Deux
from Sleeping Beauty. The male dancer
does a series of brisé volés traveling across the stage (see today’s Link of
the Day). Needless to say, I don’t think he looks like a flying broken thing….
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #15mmm:
”Brisé volé means broken flight.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“The
moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do
it.”
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan
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