What You'll Learn
- Refine the weight transfer and travel in your tombé pas de bourrée
- Coordinate arm movements with footwork for a cohesive silhouette
- Improve musicality and rhythm using specific waltz-time phrasing
- Integrate glissade and sous-sus into traveling center combinations
About This Video
Welcome to Week 4 of our 'Bridging the Gap' series at Broche Ballet. This session is specifically designed for dancers transitioning from the beginner to intermediate level, focusing on one of the most essential traveling steps in the ballet vocabulary: the tombé pas de bourrée. Moving across the floor with grace and power requires more than just footwork; it requires a deep understanding of weight transfer, momentum, and coordination.
In this 24-minute practice session, we break down the mechanics of the 'falling' action in the tombé and the quick, 'stuffing' steps of the pas de bourrée. We explore how to use the glissade as a preparation and find stability in a tight sous-sus. A significant portion of this class is dedicated to arm coordination.
Many students find that while their legs understand the pattern, their arms often lag behind or feel disconnected. We provide specific cues on timing your port de bras so that your upper body enhances your movement rather than hindering it. Set to the musicality of 'Grand Peoples,' you will be encouraged to practice this combination repeatedly for a full minute at a time.
This approach allows you to move past the mental hurdle of 'remembering the steps' and start feeling the rhythm and flow of the movement. By settling into the music, you will learn to play with the timing, finding that moment of suspension before the next tombé. Whether you are struggling with traveling on the diagonal or looking to add more power to your center work, this class offers the technical breakdown and repetitive practice needed to level up your dance vocabulary.
