Guest Shada Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 Okay, here's one for Mel or Ms. Leigh, or anyone else with a clue...LOL. I ran across the term "battement tendu jété" somewhere recently, and hadn't heard it before. I can't seem to find a definition anywhere.... Help? [ 04-11-2001: Message edited by: Shada ] Quote Link to comment
vrsfanatic Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 Shada, battement tendu jete or tendu battement jete is the term used in Russian Pedegogy for jete, degage, or glisse. I am not sure if it is in Gail Grant or not but you may find it in Kostrovitskaya, Vaganova, Tarasov or any of the Soviet Era books. Perhaps others but these are the ones I know of. Good luck and enjoy reading the vast differences in terminology. Quote Link to comment
Guest Shada Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 LOL. I guessed dégagé, but figured that was too easy and it had to be something else. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 Yes, it is in Grant; p. 22 of the present edition. Quote Link to comment
Amy Reusch Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 One nice side effect to calling it tendu jete is that it reinforces the idea that part of the step passes through tendu ;) Quote Link to comment
Guest Shada Posted April 12, 2001 Report Share Posted April 12, 2001 Very true. I had guessed dégagé and worked that day especially on concentrating on the tendu. Helped a lot. Still trying to remember to do it, but the body forgets so quickly and takes instruction so slowly.... Thanks! Quote Link to comment
Guest WendyMV Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 I believe (I'll look at home to see if I'm right) that it's called that in the Vagonova technique book. (The pink paperback one...Principals of Classical Ballet?) I can't remember the title right now... Quote Link to comment
Guest CygneDanois Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 It can be found on page 28 of Basic Principles of Classical Ballet: Russian Ballet Technique by Agrippina Vaganova. Quote Link to comment
Guest WendyMV Posted April 19, 2001 Report Share Posted April 19, 2001 Yep, that's exactly the one I was thinking of. = ) Quote Link to comment
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