Insight Ballet glossary petit battement

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Romany Pajdak, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrates petit battement. • • Batterie/Battement: Movements in which the legs and feet 'beat' together quickly, usually as part of a jump. The may be performed as part of a jetés, entrechats trois, quatre, cinq, changements, grand jeté, etc. The difference between grande batterie and petite batterie [ lit. 'big' and 'small' batterie] depends upon the amount of elevation the dancer needs to jump to perform the 'beating'. • i) Petits battements / battements tendus: extensions of the leg in which the working foot does not leave the ground, used to practise stretching the foot to a fully pointed position • ii) Grands battements: high extensions of the whole leg, which is raised into the air and brought down again while keeping the rest of the body still. • • Read more: http://www.roh.org.uk/discover/ballet...

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