Wacky Wednesday Brisés
Ah the beloved brisé!
Well, perhaps not as beloved as some other steps, but a fun one,
nonetheless. And like all the other
steps in classical ballet, it has its secrets!
The first one to remember is this: a brisé is simply an assemblé with a beat
that just happens to travel. It also
requires a different postural alignment more like that of a standard jeté, with
the body inclining slightly forward and a little bit sideways, over the beating
legs. Sound complicated? Not really.
The biggest secret to a brisé is the plié! It is important to push from two feet preceding the brush into brisé,
and this is not intuitive. Instead, the
body wants to send the first leg out too soon, eliminating the two-footed push –
and often the brush - that is necessary.
So in a brisé, always push from
two feet in fifth position plié. It
works every time!
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #15s:
“A brisé is an assemblé that beats and travels.”
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