KrystaMarie Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 I have been wondering this for a while: in a lame duck, or step over pique turn, do you close to fifth before the turn, or is it more open like fourth? Quote Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted March 18, 2013 Administrators Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 After the tombé the piqué onto the turning leg is more like a slightly open 5th, in that, unless you have no space and cannot travel, you will probably step a bit forward, but not necessarily all the way to 4th. Technically, it is a piqué en dehor turn. My theory on why it somehow obtained the name "lame duck" is because of the way it is often executed by students, with a very stiff step out of it instead of an actual tombé, which of course has to have a demi plié. I really hate the term lame duck, and never use it except when my students are making it look like that. Quote Link to comment
KrystaMarie Posted March 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Haha, okay, thank you for the quick response! Quote Link to comment
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