Different Types Of Grand Jete 

Thank you so much for this comment, Danyael! So wonderful to hear that my videos are helping you. Best of luck to you on your recital!

same!

Danyael Clarise Mercado Same! I’m starting this September, im turning 15 in July.

I am 13 and just started so I get how hard it is especially because everyone else is already in pointe shoes

Keep it up! DON’T QUIT! I was a ‘late starter’ too… but really, you have a greater advantage than your younger classmates in a way, because you already have established muscle memory and coordination with how your body moves. Stick with it! If you love it, it’s SO WORTH IT! ☺️❤️🩰

High five Kestel!

Thank you! I was writing these info myself then checked in he comments and found yours. Since it seems these videos are meant to teach something about ballet, I think this info was absolutely due 🙏

That's fantastic! So happy to hear :)

Thanks for watching, Danielly!

Pretend you're doing a grand battement to get into it. (Yeah, Russian stage leaps look cooler and are more fun to do)

Hi and thank you for your acute observation of what the technical pictures to picture to picture ,beautifully correct !!! The point of what we are teaching is the principles of physics .We slow motioned this so you could see what motivates the movement which should always be taught first, teaching the name of the technique first and the picture inevitably creates tension & stagnates the movement .... Specifically what are your cues to create the impetus, momentum , physics ?? Truly we should always teach the motivation before the movement. Alas these are the Principles of movement.

@@RPMDance With all due respect: what does this mean? "...We slow motioned this so you could see what motivates the movement which should always be taught first, teaching the name of the technique first and the picture inevitably creates tension & stagnates the movement .... " There is no slow motion in the video, and the motivation for the step is for the dancer to learn to fly! i.e. throw themselves skillfully and gracefully into the air and land with aplomb, stability, and lightness in a visible position. The physics that are missing are the brushing of the foot throughout the jeté, which when that brushed extension (i.e. Tendue into battement) is done the jump becomes airborne without the dancer bending the leading leg (use whatever terms you want - how a straight leg jeté/jump is not suppose to have a bent knee when the foot leaves the floor it should, because of the physics of the jump, already be an extended-fully-stretched leg!) The principal of the movement is not demonstrated in your video - sorry - its not! If the instruction to the student had been clear from the beginning then the student would not be executing a developé jeté when your video states that the student is doing a "straight-leg jeté." As for "motivation" that is an academic abstract thought and has little to do with the actuality of executing the TECHNIQUE of classical ballet because every jeté done in any number of ballets can and will have a type of character, or choreographic impetus that the creator of the dance wants the dancer to express! Technique is PHYSICAL - motivation is an internal emotional and mental construct that does little to assist the technical execution of Any step in classical ballet. Some days there is nothing to motivate a dancer except that they go to class and/or perform their role in the ballet being presented - this is the professional attitude behind "being a ballet dancer" - some days you do it, whether you like it or not - because the person who wants to or has become a professional dancer "loves the art for the sake of the art" not because they are choosing or finding the "right motivation!" Physics is the science of movement, not the motivation of it. The "cues" (as you refer to it) are plié, brush to battement... etc... (there's good book called "The Classic Ballet" by Balanchine & Kirstein & Stuart; there's also another one called the "Classical Ballet Technique" by Ward-Warren, as well as the old manuscripts from Cecchetti, Vaganova, Bournonville, etc... These dancers needed no "cues" they knew technique. Technique is the freedom of movement because technique enables proper physical execution of all movement possibilities and thereby (should) avoid the potential of injury. Movement comes Before motivation of a step because the steps are going to be arranged according to a story, characterization, or choreographer's impetus. Practice and repetition create the "space" for a dancer to be unconcerned with the technical execution so that they can focus on the expression necessary for the role they are portraying - not the other way around! - this is the main distinction between the Modern Dance Movement and Classical Ballet. Because in Classical Ballet the expression comes after the technique, without the physicality of technique there can be no 'freedom of movement' which enables expression - because movement IS expression.

RPM Dance she’s doing a saut de basque not a grand jete

A parallel saut de chat !!

Sorry we were really joking ,I know Adriana well and we were laughing before we shot the video she was not offended Florida is really humid and hot where we shot the video

Really I am not , we are friends and have known this dancer for years ....