Insight: Ballet Glossary - Petit allegro

Akane Takada, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrates a petit allegro.

In the second half of the film, the action is slowed down to see the detail of her footwork.

Allegro - from the Italian for 'happy'. Quick, lively jumps.
small jumps - petit allegro, and big jumps - grand allegro.

Akane demonstrates a series of petit allegro steps:

Glissade/jeté, coupé/step/jeté, pas de chat, pas de bourrée, entrechat quatre, soubresaut.

Small quick steps that do no leave the ground very much are known as terre à terre dancing (ground to ground dancing).

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

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[rbred378]

Thank you for adding the slow-motion section! It is so useful.

[polkadotpolka123]

these are so useful!!

[luticia]

@LimeGirl08 I'm a racist. That's ur opinion. I accept that. - U are a maron cause u don't accept other opinions than urs. That's why talking to such idiots like u is boring. Bye.

[LimeGirl08]

@luticia You are a racial bigot. Ballet is universal, and to treat the entire Asian continent as not sentient, is shameful, and you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Every human is "made to dance ballet"; there is no place for an opinion like yours today.

[luticia]

@LimeGirl08 It's not racist it's just my taste. I admire Asians for other things but they just don't look good in dancing ballet.

[LimeGirl08]

@luticia this is the most racist thing I have read all day.

[luticia]

Honestly, I don't like asian people in ballet. Although they are doing a pretty good job it just doesn't look nice. It's like they have the technic but don't feel it. They are just not made to dance ballet.

[sailormello]

After a back injury i'm finally able to dance ballet again.

This video inspires me so much! She's a really amazing dancer.

I'll do my best when i start my ballet classes again, and these videos will motivate me to reach for perfection. Thank you so much! <3

[jamileth4]

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