Fun Friday Fléchir
A word you have probably never heard
used instead of plié is fléchir (flay-SHEER). Yet both words mean “to bend” in
French. It makes me wonder why plié came into such common use in ballet, and
not fléchir. Hmmm. Things that make you ponder.
Is it because plié is easier to say?
This doesn’t seem likely. Both words have two syllables. Perhaps plié was used
first and therefore became more familiar. Or, is it because fléchir has a
different connotation in French? One source https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/fl%C3%A9chir
lists other definitions besides “to bend”,
such as “to sag”, “to weaken” and “to sway”. Well! That would explain it. But
then, the word plié can be defined as “warped”, “crooked” or “bent”. I guess it
is just another mystery of ballet.
But if you hear a teacher use the word fléchir,
it simply means the same as plié: to
bend. I doubt she would be telling you to sag.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #2ee:
“Another
word that means to bend in French is fléchir.”
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