Turning Technique Question

[Guest dragonfly7]

In class yesterday our teacher had us try turning jetes, and I was an absolute klutz at them! I don't know if it was because I didn't know how to build up and use momentum or if it was a simple matter of uncoordinated attempts, but I couldn't execute them correctly at all. I know I was supposed to step into a turn in place (with a plie) and then release it into a jump in the air, but I just couldn't do it. After the trun in place, I was like, "Ok, that's done, now what?" If anyone can explain the mechanics of this to me or if you have tips on how I can better grasp this , I'd really appreciate it!

[Mel Johnson]

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking here. Are you talking about a pas jeté with a full turn, a half-turn, a quarter-turn?

[Victoria Leigh]

Or possibly a coupe jete en tournant? LIke a grand jete but with a coupe which turns and then the jete continues around the corner, like you see in most male variations?

[Guest dragonfly7]

Okay, I'll try to describe it, as I'm not sure about the exact terminology. One starts out with a step to the side, let's say the right, then left foot then follows into a turn in place with both feet together in a plie (feet parallel), after a full turn, the right foot is then released into a jump sideways in the air followed by the left likewise leaving the ground, when the right foot lands, the left follows once again into the turn in place and so on. My teacher calls it a turning jete. I hope the description helped! We turn around the room and have to change spots as we round the corners.

[Victoria Leigh]

It sounds like a series of coupe entournant jetes, (or coupe jete entournant)although there is no time that the feet should be parallel! One remains turned out in the coupe even during the turning part of it, and usually the grand jete is forward, not in seconde.