Leap in ballet is one of the most complex figures of dance

Ballet is a very special kind of art. Dancers in the language of body movements tell the audience different subjects. Drama and comedy are embodied in the choreographic images, one of the most difficult elements of which is a jump in the ballet.

Terminology

The history of the ballet goes back to France in the 18th century. Therefore, in the ballet traditionally the use of names of figures of dance in French. Only a few terms - cabriole, pirouette and revolt - are Italian.

Jumping in the ballet: title and brief description

• Anthrasa - a dancer in a jump crosses his legs in the air in the 5th position. There are even and odd.
• Balloon - jump on one leg or jump to the tips of your fingers with the movement behind the leg that stretches out, which at the moment of semicircle on the supporting leg takes the position of the surf queue.
• Ballotté - the dancer jumps gracefully, pushing the body in the right direction. The stretched legs for a moment freeze in the 5th position, after which one leg in the ascent is stretched towards the advance with simultaneous deflection of the body, the other is lowered onto the stage.
• Batri - hopping is complicated by one or more strokes of the foot on the leg.
• Breeze - a short jump with progress and a kick of the leg. Begins and ends in the 5th position.
• Glissad - jump-slip with movement behind the leg being opened. In this case, socks from the scene do not come off.
• Zhete - a jump in the classical ballet, in which the body of the dancer moves from foot to foot. Maybe with advance in any direction.

• Cabriole is a difficult virtuoso figure. The performer holds one raised leg at a certain height, punching it one or more times with the other foot.
• Pa de Poisson is a big complex jump in the ballet from the supporting leg to the other. At the same time, a throw is made back of each leg in turn. The ballerina flies back in flight and looks like a fish jumping out of the water.
• Pa de Bac - the dancer jumps from foot to foot with a sliding forward-backward movement in the 5th position.
• Pas de sezo - a jump from the supporting leg to the other, in which the elongated legs are alternately thrown forcefully forward, for a moment they are connected in flight, in conclusion one of the legs through the 1st position abruptly moves to arabesque.
• Pa de sha - in a jump the legs are bent and one after another are ejected forward or backward at an angle greater than the straight one. Hands are easily and gracefully withdrawn from the 3 rd position, and the body flexes flexibly backwards.
• Pa subresurge jump with bending of the body from two legs to two from the 5th position to the 5th.

A few more types of jumps

• The Revoldt is performed primarily by a male artist. A complex figure with 1-2 coups in the air.
• De Basque is a figure of classical ballet. Simultaneously with the jump from foot to foot, the movement to the side and the revolution in the air are carried out.
• Sote - the performer jumps from two legs again on two, all time keeping the same position.
• Tan leve - one or multiple vertical bouncing.
• Tour anler - jump in place with a single or double turn of the hull.
• Fai-dancer jumps from two legs to one with a quick turn of the body in flight. Requires a clear coordination of movements.
• Shazhman de pier - a jump in the ballet, in which the ballerina flies from the 5th position to the same, changing the flight in flight. Can be supplemented by a coup in the air.
• Chasse - in a jump with advancement one leg catches up with the other. At the peak point they are connected to the 5th position.
• Escape - a figure of classical dance of two jumps with the transfer of legs from the closed to the open position and back.

Virtuosity

To jump in the ballet was light, airy, created a feeling of weightlessness and flight, the students have to work for years and hard. The strength of muscles, coordination of movements, good stretching, flexibility and mobility of joints are of decisive importance.

In comparison with the soft legs of ordinary people, the calf muscles of the ballerina have a steel hardness.

When the dancer flies before jumping, he develops a high horizontal speed of 8 m / s, and a vertical speed of 4.6 m / s. If you think in scientific terms, then the acceleration of artists when jumping in ballet is 2g, which is comparable to the take-off of the aircraft.