Mad Monday Gargouillade Volé
I have written about gargouillade
before: http://balletwebb.blogspot.com/search?q=gargouillade,
but today I ran across a version of this step that I had never seen – or heard
of: gargouillade volé.
You may remember that gargouillade means
gurgling or rumbling, and volé means flown. Hmmm, a gurgling flying thing.
Gotta love ballet! Anyway, this step is listed as a step of the Cecchetti
method in Gail Grant’s book Technical
Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet. It is described as follows:
“Gargouillade vole (Cecchetti method) [gar-goo-YAD vaw-LAY].
Gargouillade
flown. Fifth position R foot back. Execute a double rond de
jambe
en l’air en dedans a la demi-hauteur with the R leg and finish with the R
foot
in retire at the side of the L knee. Spring off the L foot onto the R and land
in
demi-plie sur place, turning the body efface. As the R foot comes to the
ground,
draw the L point upward to the side of the R knee and open it to the
fourth
position en Fair, pointing to the left front corner of the room.
Immediately
lower the L foot to the fourth position, pointe tendue, body
remaining
efface. “
Well,
this doesn’t seem too clear to me, so I tried to find a demonstration on
Youtube, but nothing came up except the standard gargouillade. So there you
are. It’s a mystery.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Secret #15rrr:
“A seldom seen step is gargouillade volé.”
Link of the Day (gargouillades at 2:04):
Quote of the Day:
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artists are like mythological creatures,' she heard herself opine. 'You hear
about them, but a sighting's pretty rare.”
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
― Garth Risk Hallberg, City on Fire
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