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The phrase port de bras is used in some schools and parts of the world to indicate a bending forward, backward, or circularly of the body at the waist, generally to be followed by bringing the upper body back to center/upright again, e.g. "port de bras forward", "port de bras back", "circular port de bras/grand port de bras".
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I have only studied in a school claiming to teach "American" style - supposedly a mix of all styles - but the terms I have been looking for the spelling of: saut de chat {pronounced "sō-də-shǎ" (a leap similar to grand jeté but beginning with a developpé)} tembé {pronounced "tǒm-bě" meaning "to fall" (often happens before a pas de ...
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An acro dancer performing a straddle split leap. A split leap or split jump is a sequence of body movements in which a person assumes a split position after leaping or jumping from the floor, respectively, while still in the air. Split leaps and split jumps are both found in various genres of dance including acro, ballet and jazz dance, and in ...
They move sideways, doing sixteen pas de chat. Ideally, the dancers move in exact unison. At the very end, they break their chain and try to "fly", only to drop to the ground. According to ballet writer Jean Battey Lewis in a 1997 NPR commentary [1] the Little Swans are usually portrayed by unknown, up-and-coming dancers. Ironically, in view of ...
La Fille de marbre, Cesare Pugni, 1847; La Fille du Danube, Adolphe Adam, 1836; La Fille mal gardée, to an arrangement of fifty-five popular French airs, 1789; La Fille mal gardée (Ashton), Peter Ludwig Hertel, Ferdinand Hérold, John Lanchbery, 1960; La Fin du jour, to music by Maurice Ravel, 1979; The Firebird, Igor Stravinsky, 1910