Wacky Wednesday Écarté
Ah, the wonderful eight positions of the body (Cecchetti
method). Today I’m going to discuss
ecarté devant. The term means “thrown
apart” or “separated”. The placement of
the head in most of the eight positions involves both a turn and an incline –
but not écarté.
Instead, the head is not
inclined as in, say, croisé devant; in écarté devant the head is directly turned and the
chin lifted. This allows the eyes to
focus outward and upward, past the fingertips and into space. The line of the chin should be parallel to
the line created by the working arm. The
shoulder line has a slight angle, as well, although the remainder of the torso
is straight.
Often performed with a high developpé , an écarté is a
beautiful position, often seen in pas de deuxs in ballets like Raymonda, Swan Lake, and Sleeping Beauty.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #18d:
“In an écarté devant, the head is not inclined, but is turned with the
chin lifted and the eye focus outward, past the fingers.”
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