Terminology Tuesday Sautillé
The word sautillé or sautillée [soh-tee-YAY]
means hopped or hopping. When this term is added to a step it means the
step is performed with hops. For example, grand
pirouette sautillé. For more detailed information, see my previous blog: http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/search?q=Sautill%C3%A9
But, you may ask, how is sautillé different than sauté which means jumped or jumping (and
is probably more familiar to most dancers)? Jumping means that the step reaches
full height with a fully pointed foot in the air, whereas hopping skirts close to the floor. A subtle, but important difference. See today’s Link of the Day below at 0:37 for an
example of the small hops of sautillé.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #63:
“Sautillé means hopped or hopping.”
Link of the Day:
Quote of the Day:
“Those who
don't jump will never fly.”
― Leena Ahmad Almashat, Harmony Letters
― Leena Ahmad Almashat, Harmony Letters
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