Technical Tuesday Tiroirs
The word tiroirs means drawers, as
in a chest of drawers. Therefore, faire
les tiroirs means to act or move like drawers in a bureau. I’ve never heard
this used in a class or rehearsal, but according to Gail Grant’s book Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical
Ballet, it “indicates that two opposite lines of dancers are to cross each
other and cross back again to their original positions.”
This would certainly be a good, simple
way to instruct a room full of dancers to cross and cross back without a lot of
explanation. I wonder why it isn’t used more frequently – at least in my
experience?
Whatever, it is a neat little piece of
terminology to add to your repertoire.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #30a:
“Faire les tiroirs means to act like the
drawers in a chest.”
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