Insight: Ballet Glossary - Fouettés

Dawid Trzensimiech, Royal Ballet Artist, and Akane Takada, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrate fouettés.

Fouetté: A whipping motion of the leg used to propel the dancer around. The dancer starts on flat foot in plié, and extends the working leg in fourth position en l'air (in the air) then whips the leg around pulling the working foot to touch the supporting knee. There are a variety of fouettés. In a fouetté en tournant, the dancer uses their free leg and arms to propel themselves around using a whipping motion. Done properly, the dancer should remain in the same
place while performing a series of fouettés.

Read more: http://www.roh.org.uk/discover/ballet/glossary.aspx

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[mangamacho122897]

If I could do a foutte, that's all I'd be doing. ALL day. so beautiful!! D':

[vbrot11]

his butt is amazing!

[CookwithValenti]

OMg ur also on poiunt :) omg !

[avesraggiana]

The only time pasty faced English lads get a nice bubble butt is when they do ballet.

[tomoyoyea]

i can now do fouettes because of you <3 thanks!

[scottishgirl96xoxo]

lol first time i went en pointe i tried fouettes and i fell... :P

[Heterandria4mosa]

@Pokemonkantomaster if she could pull of doing 32 it would be

[RikkiEkisho]

Fouettes r complex rememberin to spot and keep balanced

I love ballet!

Ps im a guy!

[SuperAndrewFACE]

WERK!



[Cheerbabeforeverable]

@pimpandprostitutetoo yeah ive got better since that comment- i can do 8, or up to about 12 on a good day haha

[pimpandprostitutetoo]

@Cheerbabeforeverable I can only do like... -9.

[sabinel08]

Beautiful! She is great. Same (amazing butt or not ...) he needs to get a bit more control. It looks slightly instable .. Sure, he is going to achieve this!