Guest dancingostrich Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Does anyone have tips on fouette (sp?) turns. A girl in our company quit for an unknown reason and i got put in her place. She does fouettes on point two times durring the show. I am not a turner by all means, so i am kind of stressing right now. We changed it so someone else does them for the first time, but it is kind of tricky changing it for the second time. And so i am working on my fouettes so i can do them Jan. 1st at our show. I know this is probably one of those unanswerable questions because you need to see me and all, but is there any secrets or tips anyone has to help me do them better? Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted December 4, 2004 Administrators Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 Without a starting place, like being able to see where you are technically and what the problems are in your pirouettes and fouettés, it's really impossible. Fouettés are just a matter of taking pirouettes and making them consecutive, which means having a solid center, strong relevés on one foot, a really good spot, and the rest is mainly determination and practice. Quote Link to comment
ConstanzaElisabeth Posted December 4, 2004 Report Share Posted December 4, 2004 is it okay if i make a little suggestion here? if you freak out during the performance and dont think you can finish, whatever you do, use your plie! when one gets stressed over a step usually one tenses and their plie becomes stiff and jerky, and its a soft cushy plie that may help you save it even if it is going wrong. Quote Link to comment
Guest theskysthelimit Posted December 6, 2004 Report Share Posted December 6, 2004 Spot spot spot spot spot and when you are done with that spot some more. Practice in a room with some thing that is easy to see when you're turning fast, like a brightly coloured picture and practice timing your spot perfectly to the speed of your fouette. It will really help. Quote Link to comment
SmallButPowerful Posted December 31, 2004 Report Share Posted December 31, 2004 I am in the same boat with you. I have a solo in Vivaldi's "Winter" and I have 8+ fouettés to do. That's more than I've ever done before! What I always have to remember is not to get out of control. You have to keep your center and not whip your leg around and turn too fast. That's my main problem. If you do end up turning too quickly, just try to focus harder on the place you are spotting, and that should help. Don't know if this is a problem for you too, but I just thought I'd put my idea on the table. Good luck! Quote Link to comment
Guest cheeriodancer10 Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Foettes are difficult for me too! We've been working on them at the bar and in center and my teacher says one of the keys is to emphasize your leg in second position. At the bar she has us plie with our legs devant AND then plie when our legs reach second, and then we actually do the turn. It feels kinda funny but it really helps you to think about where your leg is going. Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted January 3, 2005 Administrators Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 Cheeriodancer, I think it's time for you to get out your Gail Grant Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet! A bar is like a bar of soap, or perhaps where adults go for a drink! In ballet, it's a "barre". (And the turn we are talking about is a fouetté.) By the way, dancers, if you would like to know how to make that é, it's pretty simple. Just hold down the alt key and type 130 using the numeric keypad. (If you are using a laptop it probably doesn't have a numeric keypad, so you can't do it that way.) There is a list of all the accents somewhere on the board, probably under How to do things. Quote Link to comment
Mel Johnson Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 If you work off a laptop, there is often a "fn" (function) and an "alt" key. If you depress both simultaneously, and type in the shaded "fn" numerals, you will be able to execute the "alt" characters. Here I go, (depress fn, depress alt, type 130 (jlm)= é) Easy, see! Quote Link to comment
SmallButPowerful Posted January 3, 2005 Report Share Posted January 3, 2005 (edited) *Sorry that this is a little off topic, but since it was brought up I thought I would just ask. Mr. Johnson, I use a laptop and I tried your technique to make the "é" letter. Of course as you can see it worked, but I was wondering why you press "jlm" instead of a combination of numbers, and also how to determine what letters to press to make what special character you want. *Heh, never mind. I found your post in the How to Do Things section that talks all about this. Thanks! Edited January 3, 2005 by SmallButPowerful Quote Link to comment
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