Hjete Posted September 23, 2002 Report Share Posted September 23, 2002 I'm wondering if there is any rule for reversing combinations because I usually mess them up when we have to...or it takes me a long time to figure it out. What I mean for "rule" is do you start from the same position and just use the other leg, or do you change positions and legs. In case this is confusing, I am referring to doing the combo to the back...not just the left.... and especially petit allegro. For some reason my brain and body don't do this easily... especially because we don't do it very often in class....I think it is hard for lots of people, though. Any other tips? Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted September 23, 2002 Administrators Report Share Posted September 23, 2002 It helps if you can learn to think of all the allegro steps as either over or under, or en dehors or en dedans. To take a very simple example, if you do a jeté over, assemblé over, and 2 sissonnes over, then the reverse would be just to do each step under. Therefore you start with the back leg the first way, and the reverse would start with the front leg. Of course most of the petit allegro are not quite so simple ;) Link to comment
Hjete Posted September 24, 2002 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2002 Thanks, Miss Leigh. I guess the more I do it the better I will get now that I know the feet start the same, at least!! I think I'm improving with picking up petit allegros...but only forward. The reversing throws my brain for a loop! Ahhh...practice, practice as always! Link to comment
Ballet Bunnie Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 I have problems with reversing petit allegro, too. Usually not with the step itself, but with the direction I should be facing... I failed today reversing this sequence to the back, and want to make sure I have the problem solved~ Glissade side (traveling right) --> Assembé side, over ® --> Assemblé double (L) --> glissade back in crosié --> assemblé back in crosié --> tombé pas de bourrée in effacé So, when I reverse, should it be "glissade front in crosié --> assemblé front in crosié --> tombé pas de bourrée in effacé", or "glissade front in effacé--> assemblé front in effacé--> tombé pas de bourrée in crosié"? Link to comment
Administrators Victoria Leigh Posted July 28, 2010 Administrators Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 The direction you are facing is the same. If you start in croisé, then you start in croisé whether you are doing the combination the first way or the reverse. Everything that was croisé or effacé is still the same, except that you may be moving with steps going under instead of over, or, over instead of under. Link to comment
Ballet Bunnie Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 Thank you, Ms. Leigh! I will remember that next time! Link to comment
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