Category: Ballet Combinations

Combinations for ballet class

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Degagé

This degagé combination for the barre is nicely accompanied by Gill Civil’s music. I particularly like how it goes with number 10 for petits battements. The track is called All Aboard. This combination could also be done first with tendus at a slower tempo. I like track number 3 called Tightrope Walker for a slower tempo.

When using as a tendu combination, you could change the piqué to this: from point tendu front at count 2, lower ball of foot to work through the metatarsal and quickly lift to point tendu again (&3), brush through 1st to point tendu back on count 4.

5th position

1        Plié in 5th, arm to 5th en avant
2        Degagé front and straighten legs, open arm 2nd
3        Piqué front
4        Brush thru 1st to degagé back
5-8    4 Degagé back closing 5th, arm to arabesque
1-8     Repeat with inside leg
1-8     Repeat side, finishing with foot in 5th back
1-7     En cloche degagé bfbfbfb
8         Close 5th back
1-32  Repeat all from back

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Pirouette waltz

Suggested musical accompaniment by Massimiliano Greco here.

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Pirouettes
R foot front 5th upstage L

1-2   Piqué to 1st arabesque, faille across
3       Piqué to 1st arabesque
4       Faille and temps levé on L with R cou de pied back
5       Balancé R traveling en arrière
6       Balancé L traveling en arrière
7-8   Tombé pas de bourrée to 4th preparation L front
1-2   Pirouette en dehors to 4th position
3       Detourné to point tendu R croisé devant
4       Close 5th position plié R front
5-6   Tendu R croisé devant place 4th lunge R croisé devant
7-8   Pirouette en dedans to 5th position croisé L foot front
1-16 Repeat other side

 

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Grand Battement

Begin in 5th position

1-2     Grand battement à la seconde close 5th back
3-4    Grand battement inside leg front close 5th front
5-7    Grand battement derrière, en cloche battement thru 1st to front, en cloche to
battement back
8        Close 5th back
1-8    Repeat from back
1-16  Repeat all

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Center Pointe Work

Center Pointe
2/4 or 4/4

Begin sous-sus en face R foot front

1       Cou de pied R front
2        Lower foot to sous-sus
3        Cou de pied L back
4        Lower foot to sous-sus
&5     Pas de cheval R to point tendu side in fondu
&a6   Pas de bourrée to 5th position R foot front plié
&7     Royale
8        Sous-sus L front
1-8    Repeat all L

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Ballet Barre Stretch

Begin with outside leg in front and on the barre (croisé position)

1-2  Demi plié with arm 2nd to 5th en bas
3-4  Demi plié arm through 5th en avant and up to 5th en haut
5-8  Port de bras forward over leg and recover to arm 5th en haut
1-4  Port de bras back and recover with arm opening to 2nd position
5-8  Demi plié, relevé, and turn to face the barre with the leg a la seconde
1-4  Demi plié twice with both hands on the barre
5-8  Port de bras side towards the leg on the barre with opposite arm 5th en haut, recover to both
hands on the barre

1-4  Port de bras away from leg to the other side and recover to both hands on the barre
5-8  Slide leg down the barre like going into a split facing barre, and recover turning to face ¼ away from the barre w/leg in arabesque on the barre

1-2  Demi plié with arm 2nd to 5th en bas
3-4  Demi plié with arm through 5th en avant and up to 5th en haut
1-2  Port de bras forward over standing leg and recover with arm 5th en haut
3-4  Plié on the supporting leg at the bottom of the port de bras and straighten leg
5-8  Recover and port de bras back, recover

Lift leg off barre still in arabesque and lower to point tendu back facing the 2nd side
Turn toward the barre to the first side so that the tendu foot is now your front foot, and then slide down into splits