Terminology
Tuesday Ouverture de jambe
Ouverture de jambe [oo-vehr-TEWR duh
zhahnb]is defined as follows from Gail
Grant’s Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet:
“Opening
of the leg. The ouverture de jambe is
a term of the French School; the step resembles the grand rond de jambe en l’air,
but whereas the latter is taken slowly and preceded by a développé, the ouverture de jambe is taken from grande quatrieme
devant or derriere and is done in one quick movement or stroke, either en
dedans or en dehors.”
This
may be a version of a step I always called grand battement rond de jambe or grand
rond de jambe jeté (see The Link of the
Day below). I often include it in grand battement exercises, and in it the
working (battement) leg moves in an arc: low in attitude devant to full height
in second, finishing in a tendu derriere. For an involved discussion of this
step and its variations here is a link: https://dancers.invisionzone.com/topic/53326-ronds-de-jambe-jet%C3%A9s/
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #11m:
“Ouverture de jambe means opening the leg.”
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