Ppendu - we worked on this combination in class the other day and the choreography calls for an accent on the first degage as shown in this recording. So the dancer has it down and there is, sometimes, an accent on the degage. You are correct that *usually* you don't hold a degage - but in this one you do. I thought I'd get back to you! Sorry it took me so long - I kept forgetting about it!
Right, thanks for asking! So I can still make the statement that a usual Cecchetti dégagé does not have an accent!
Of course, a teacher can think of anything in a excercise to make it interesting, but when I think of the major exams, they just have lots of dégagé's with no accent at all.
Very interesting to have a teacher that is just two steps away from the master himself... Treasure that!
Yeah - I would say that a traditional degage - no matter the style - has no accent - but in the Cecchetti Method there are times when the degage has the "Cecchetti Accent". This exercise is straight out of the Intermediate Professional Exam.
This exercise? You mean like what the girl in this vid is doing? It is not like the exercise from the European Intermediate Exam, but maybe the American version is different.
And by "Cecchetti accent", do you mean out (like in a tendu with "Cecchetti accent"), or in (like a grand battement with "Cecchetti accent")?
I'm sorry if I ask too many questions, but it isn't often that I can discuss Cecchetti ballet with someone. Just tell me when you've had enough!
@FyreBalletDancer I'm a teacher. Some exercises have what we (at our school and schools I know nearby) call an "Cecchetti accent". Apparantly, this term is not used worldwide. Maybe just in Europe, or even just by my teachers.
Just to be sure I'm going to ask my Cecchetti coach. She's a 3rd generation Cecchetti student (trained by one of his own students). I'll let you know what she says if you are interested but I'm pretty sure that it has an accent.
It's what I always learned, otherwise I wouldn't make such a statement.
Of course it could have an accent, like the ones in fondu in grade 6, but I was always told that normally, you don't stop and hold a dégagé (either in or out).
In Cecchetti, a battement dégagé doesn't have an accent. So you don't stop at the end. Cecchetti has a battement jeté as well, but a jeté is higher and does have the accent. But a dégagé is quite similar to a glissé.
in our school we call it: battement jeté or dégagé.. and those hips are not supposed to move that much... start with less turn out from the feet...
KENZeichen 2 months ago
Si chiama battement glissé.
OriginalSkarn 2 months ago
Ma non sono Jetè??
ili997 2 months ago
It is battement jete
beruskajojo2 7 months ago
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Marina12397 8 months ago
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Marina12397 8 months ago
is battement jette
alexandrakitti 1 year ago
@alexandrakitti Yes it is
Javierypilar 1 year ago
Yay for cecchetti method ! :D
VampsAreLovee 1 year ago
she leans forward when she does'm in the bak
joisyhearts 1 year ago
gooooooooooood
BailarinaBelen 1 year ago
her knees rnt straight
yardenz3 1 year ago 2
she looks scared o.o
kaitlynthedancer11 1 year ago
Very "SAB", that's why she isn't using her head, and that's why her hands are the way they are (I assume).
criticanonymous 1 year ago
no heads?
dancnq99 1 year ago
her 5ths are amazing!! wow :)
TalentedCrumpet 2 years ago
Ppendu - we worked on this combination in class the other day and the choreography calls for an accent on the first degage as shown in this recording. So the dancer has it down and there is, sometimes, an accent on the degage. You are correct that *usually* you don't hold a degage - but in this one you do. I thought I'd get back to you! Sorry it took me so long - I kept forgetting about it!
swalston3 2 years ago
Right, thanks for asking! So I can still make the statement that a usual Cecchetti dégagé does not have an accent!
Of course, a teacher can think of anything in a excercise to make it interesting, but when I think of the major exams, they just have lots of dégagé's with no accent at all.
Very interesting to have a teacher that is just two steps away from the master himself... Treasure that!
Ppendu 2 years ago
Yeah - I would say that a traditional degage - no matter the style - has no accent - but in the Cecchetti Method there are times when the degage has the "Cecchetti Accent". This exercise is straight out of the Intermediate Professional Exam.
swalston3 2 years ago
This exercise? You mean like what the girl in this vid is doing? It is not like the exercise from the European Intermediate Exam, but maybe the American version is different.
And by "Cecchetti accent", do you mean out (like in a tendu with "Cecchetti accent"), or in (like a grand battement with "Cecchetti accent")?
I'm sorry if I ask too many questions, but it isn't often that I can discuss Cecchetti ballet with someone. Just tell me when you've had enough!
Ppendu 2 years ago
@Ppendu wat do u mean by "cecchetti accent" it's just an in or out accent, and it depends on the grade and the exercice ... what grade are u in ?
FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
@FyreBalletDancer I'm a teacher. Some exercises have what we (at our school and schools I know nearby) call an "Cecchetti accent". Apparantly, this term is not used worldwide. Maybe just in Europe, or even just by my teachers.
Ppendu 1 year ago
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FyreBalletDancer 1 year ago
Really beautiful.
liesha20 2 years ago
Ppendu - the battement dégagé in Cecchetti does have an accent.
Nice dancer - she does this really well.
swalston3 2 years ago
No, it does not, it goes out and in on the same speed!
Unlike a Jeté (accent out) or grand battement (usually accent in).
But I agree on the dancer, very pretty demonstration.
Ppendu 2 years ago
Just to be sure I'm going to ask my Cecchetti coach. She's a 3rd generation Cecchetti student (trained by one of his own students). I'll let you know what she says if you are interested but I'm pretty sure that it has an accent.
swalston3 2 years ago
Right, let me know what she says!
It's what I always learned, otherwise I wouldn't make such a statement.
Of course it could have an accent, like the ones in fondu in grade 6, but I was always told that normally, you don't stop and hold a dégagé (either in or out).
Ppendu 2 years ago
I won't see her until after Christmas - probably New Years. Will let you know.
swalston3 2 years ago
what's the music plz?
evelineusername 2 years ago
Lovely dancer, very nice style and artistry.
TheCecchettiIdea 2 years ago
you need to keep your four points square. Watch your hips!
Good Job!
caraklippel 2 years ago
Make sure you work on keeping your knees straight. You shoudln't be bending them when you are bringing your legs together.
SurreyGirl29 2 years ago
In Cecchetti, a battement dégagé doesn't have an accent. So you don't stop at the end. Cecchetti has a battement jeté as well, but a jeté is higher and does have the accent. But a dégagé is quite similar to a glissé.
Ppendu 2 years ago