Terminology Tuesday Raccourci
The French term raccourci means “shortcut”
and in ballet the step called battement
raccourci means, not surprisingly, battement shortened. It is a term of the
French school and is the same step as battement
retiré.
Battement retiré is described as follows in Gail Grant’s book:
“[
bat-MAHN ruh-tee-RAY ]. Battement withdrawn or
shortened.
A term of the French School and the Cecchetti method. From the
fifth
position the working foot is lifted so that the toe is touching the hollow at
the
back of the knee of the supporting leg, and the thigh raised to the second
position
en Fair. With a staccato movement the foot is raised and lowered,
alternating
in the fifth position front and back, the accent being on the
downward
movement. This is a very useful exercise for warming up and is
especially
useful as a preparation for développés, helping to lift the thigh well
up
and to turn out.”
Now you know!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #30d:
“Battement raccourci means battement
shortened.”
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“One bulb
at a time. There was no other way to do it. No shortcuts--simply loving the
slow process of planting. Loving the work as it unfolded. Loving an achievement
that grew slowly and bloomed for only three weeks each year.”
― Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards, The Daffodill Principle
― Jaroldeen Asplund Edwards, The Daffodill Principle
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