Wacky Wednesday Crab Walk
A common set of linking steps is the tombé
pas de bourrée. It often precedes a pirouette, especially in classroom
combinations.
It is an interesting set, since the tombé
moves in a forward pattern, but the pas de bourrée crab walks its way in that
direction. This makes it difficult for beginning dancers, since the two steps
seem to be at odds.
But think of it as glorified walking:
right (tombé) left right left (pas de bourrée). I sometimes have beginners just
walk the right left right left pattern before they add the “glorified” ballet
steps so they end up using the correct feet.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #33t:
“Tombé pas de bourrée is like glorified crab walking.”
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Quote of the Day:
“All truly
great thoughts are conceived while walking.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
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