Pirouette Ballet School Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC Videos

Exciting announcement! 📣thank you for following Rebekah Davey Academy of Dance. We are ‘pirouetting’ into the future, as Pirouette Ballet School Melbourne. Same Passion for Ballet, New name! #pirouetteballetschoolmelbourne #loveballet #eliteballettraining #balletschool #ballet #pirouette

G is for glissade- meaning ‘to glide’. Glissade is a preparatory step often used to prepare for another jump such as an assemblé or a posé arabesque #glissade #balletalphabet #balletwithrebekah #balletschoolmelbourne #qualityballettraining

F is for Frappé- which means ‘to strike’. Frappé is an exercise done on the barre to prepare for ‘batterie allegro’ (beaten jumps) Shown here are frappés(strike and accent out) frappé fouettés (accent in- a preparation for coupé fouetté raccourci and coupé fouetté raccourci sauté) Exercise credit is from Advanced 1 @royalacademyofdanceaustralia #pirouette #balletwithrebekah #balletalphabet #ballettechnique #qualityballettraining #ballet #frappe #frappefouetté #proudtoberad

E is for echappé- a step where the legs ‘escape’ from fifth position to second or fourth position. There are different types of echappé- shown here are echappé relevé en pointe and echappé sauté to second position. #balletwithrebekah #balletschool #qualityballettraining #échappérelevé #balletalphabet #pirouette #balletschoolmelbourne

D is for developpé: an adagio movement unfolding the leg to an extension devant (to the front), a la second (to the side) or derrière (to the back) as shown here. The movement begins in fifth position and should go through cou de pied (neck of the foot), retiré and attitude before opening to the extension. #balletalphabet #balletwithrebekah #balletschool #qualityballettraining #balletschoolmelbourne

C is for changement- a type of sauté (small jump) that Changes from fifth to fifth in the air. #balletalphabet #loveballet #balletwithrebekah #changement #balletsteps #balletschool

Battement means ‘to beat the legs together’. The battement family of steps is the largest and most fundamental in ballet. Shown here is battement tendu (to stretch) and battement glissé (to glide). Other types of battlements are grand battlements (big bear of the legs) which are a preparation for grand allegro (big jumps) #loveballet #balletterminology #balletalphabet #learningisfun #balletschool