Terminology Tuesday Battement Retiré
Both battement and retiré are familiar terms to most
dancers. But battement retiré [bat-MAHN
ruh-tee-RAY] refers to a different step.
Battement retiré is a term of both the French and Cecchetti schools and Gail Grant in her book Technical
Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet https://archive.org/stream/GailGrantBalletDictionary/Gail%20grant%20ballet%20dictionary_djvu.txt
gives this description of the step:
“From the fifth
position the working foot is lifted so that the toe is touching the hollow at
the back of the knee of the supporting leg, and the thigh raised to the second
position en l’air. With a staccato movement the foot is raised and lowered, alternating
in the fifth position front and back, the accent being on the downward
movement.” (See
the Link of the Day below beginning at
2:12)
Ms. Grant goes on to say that this is a useful exercise for
warming up and as a preparation for développés.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #81:
“Battement retiré means battement withdrawn or
shortened.”
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― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
― Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
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