Fun Friday Fouettés and Keys
It’s Fun Friday again and time to talk about fouettés. Not
the turning fouettés, but the standard ones where the body turns away (or
sometimes toward) an extended leg.
The problem with these fouettés is maintaining the height of
the working leg. Since the first part of the movement is usually a developpé or
a grand battement, this is where the height of the leg is established. For
example, often the position goes from a developpé a la seconde, and fouettés into
an arabesque. Since most dancers have a higher extension to the side than they
do to the back, the leg drops into
the arabesque. Not good.
To prevent this drop, imagine placing the working foot in a
keyhole, and the fouetté turns the key.
This keeps the leg at the same height, or close to it.
This keyhole image works, regardless of the direction and
position of the fouetté.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Secret #11e:
“During a standard fouetté, imagine putting the working
foot in a keyhole, then turning the key.”
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― John Di Lemme
― John Di Lemme
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