Saturday Short Chassés
There are no short chassés in ballet. Period. Chassés must extend outward as fully as possible for a
dancer to gain the greatest benefit from the step.
Short chassés usually occur in insecure
or uncertain moments when the dancer pulls back both mentally and physically.
Everything shortens, including the chassé.
Muscles work more efficiently and
movement occurs more efficiently when everything is elongated. But you don’t
have to take my word for it – try it yourself. Do a short chassé into a relevé in arabesque, then try it again with a
long, wide chassé. You’ll see immediately which one works best.
Stamp out short chassés!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #122:
“There are no short chassés in ballet.”
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