Terminology Tuesday Télémaque
Sometimes balletic-sounding terms refer
not only to a dance step but to music
appropriate – and sometimes composed – specifically for that particular step(s).
Today’s term is a case in point.
Brisé
télémaque (bree ZAY tay lay MAK)
comes from the French school, and it is music for small jumps. It may have been
composed by a dancer named Télémaque. It was originally written in ¾ time, but
there was soon another in 4/4 time. Today, many versions of brisé télémaque
exist.
It can also be a step. According to https://dancers.invisionzone.com/topic/3677-brises/?page=2:
“ Brisé télémaque is a compound step of the old French school. It is also
a part of old-time Bournonville vocabulary.” Also from the same site: “The brises Telemaque are execued that way in the French School: “Brise, royale, entrechat 4 Vole, means
finished in coupe back, brise back, royale and again entrechat 4 vole, it is
usually executed on diagonale.
Reference:Grammaire
de la danse classique by Germaine Prudhommeau and Genevieve Guillot, edition
Hachette (out of print) ;)”
Again from the same site, there is some
debate about the story of the dancer/composer naming the step/music. Hmmm.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #30o:
“Brisé télémaque can refer to music or a ballet step.”
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