Professional advice for dancers & teachers
5th position L foot front en face
1 Sissone de côté (to side) close L ft front 5th
2 Entre chat quatre
3 Glissade to R close L front
4 Brisé to 5th croisé L front
5 Brisé to L foot tendu croisé devant
6 Jeté onto L
7 Assemblé to R ft front 5th en face
8 Changement to finish L ft front
1-8 Repeat to other side
Goes well with Gill Civil’s Hummingbird Dance on SoundCloud!
5th position R foot front
&1 Glissade R close L foot front 5th
&2&3 Degagé side closing 1st position R, arms 5th en avant
&4 Degagé side closing 5th front plié, arm opens to 2nd
5-8 Repeat L
1 Glissade R close L foot front 5th
2 Echappé to 2nd en pointe
3 Close 5th R foot front plié
4 Echappé to 2nd en pointe
& Close 5th L foot front plié
5-8 Echappé faster to 2nd, closing 5th 3X more
1-16 Repeat all to L
5th position
1-4 4 degagé front closing in 5th front, accent in 5th (arm 5th en haut)
5-8 4 degagé side closing 5th front each time, accent in 5th (arm 2nd position)
1-2 2 degagé front closing 5th front (arm 5th en haut)
3-4 2 degagé side closing 5th front each time (arm 2nd position)
& Degagé front (arm 2nd position)
5 Cloche thru 1st to degagé back
6 Cloche thru 1st to degagé front
7 Cloche thru 1st to degagé back
8 Close 5th position back
1-16 Repeat all from the back with arm in arabesque instead of 5th en haut
Here is some great music by Gill Civil that works well for this combination.
https://soundcloud.com/rotoruagill/sets/ballet-class-music
From Upstage Left Corner
B+ Right foot back
1 Temps levé in 1st arabesque on R leg
2 Temps levé on L foot with R foot to back of knee
3 Chassé éffacé with R
4 Step onto R and saute de basque turning R, land on L foot (R at cou de pied)
5-6 Tombé onto R, pas de bourrée (LRL)
7 Glissade
8 Saute de chat (developpé leg into leap)
Tendu croisé devant in upper L corner of room
1-2 Piqué turn en dedans
3-4 Soutenu turn to 5th plié
5-6 Pirouette en dehors from 5th to fondu on supporting leg, extending working leg 90° front
7-8 Fouetté turn
Begin in 5th position, R foot front
1-4 Developpé devant to 90°
5-8 Retiré and developpé to arabesque
1 Close 5th position back
2-4 Developpé inside leg to arabesque
5-6 Promenade to face the barre, let á la seconde
7 Retiré facing 2nd side
8 Close 5th front
1-8 Repeat on L
1-16 Reverse and repeat L