What You'll Learn
- Techniques for maintaining your axis and balance over the standing leg
- How to execute a clean pas de bourrée with proper weight distribution
- Integrating port de bras and allongé with center movements like fondu and tendu
- Practical tips for transferring weight smoothly during center combinations
- How to use floor pressure and head placement to increase stability
About This Video
Transitioning from the stability of the barre to the freedom of the center is a significant milestone for any adult ballet dancer. In this 22-minute beginner-focused class, Broche Ballet guides you through the fundamental principles of weight transfer and balance. Maintaining your stability without the support of the barre requires a deep understanding of your body’s axis and how to manipulate your weight efficiently across the floor. This session focuses on the mechanics of movement, ensuring you feel secure and grounded while performing center combinations.
The class begins with a review of essential movements, including tendu and dégagé, emphasizing how to maintain a solid connection with the floor. You will explore the concept of the "axis," learning how to keep your head positioned directly over the arch of your foot to ensure a stable center of gravity. This alignment is crucial for executing clean transitions and maintaining control during more complex movements like the pas de bourrée. The instructor breaks down the pas de bourrée step-by-step, showing you how to stay lifted through the body while transferring weight from one leg to the other with precision.
As the lesson progresses, you will work on fondu exercises and sequences in croisé alignment. These combinations are designed to challenge your control, timing, and distribution of weight. You will learn to use your port de bras not just for aesthetics, but as a functional tool to aid your balance and movement flow. By incorporating movements like soutenu and allongé, you will develop the coordination needed to move through space gracefully. A key takeaway from this lesson is the importance of "feeling" the floor. By maintaining awareness of the pressure under the soles of your feet, you can make micro-adjustments that prevent wobbling. The lesson concludes with a complex combination that pieces together everything you’ve learned, followed by a traditional final bow and rond de jambe.
