What You'll Learn
- Refining transitions including pas de cheval and pas de bourrée
- Improving port de bras coordination through 'decision time' techniques
- Techniques for maintaining clean lines and stable landings during turns
- Developing performance artistry and character expression in a variation
- Adding 30 seconds of new, polished choreography to your repertoire
About This Video
Welcome to the second installment of our deep dive into the enchanting Cinderella variation. At Broche Ballet, we believe that every dancer deserves the chance to feel like a principal performer. In this 48-minute intensive class, we transition from foundational steps into the heart of the choreography, focusing on the intricate details that bring a character variation to life.
This session focuses heavily on refined technique and performance artistry, ensuring your movements tell a story while maintaining classical integrity. We explore key movements such as the pas de cheval and pas de bourrée, ensuring each transition is fluid and purposeful. A major focus of this lesson is "decision time"—the moment where a dancer chooses the precise path of their port de bras to maintain a clean line.
Whether you are executing a développé or a sequence à la seconde, the coordination between your arms and legs is vital for a professional finish. We also break down the mechanics of turns and landings. You will learn how to maintain a consistent sous-sus and how to land from a pas de bourrée with an open, expressive motion that captures the audience's attention.
The instructor provides real-time feedback on maintaining a "clean line," emphasizing the importance of keeping the arms closed when necessary to avoid visual distractions. By the end of this class, you will have mastered an additional 30 seconds of complex choreography, integrating steps like the glissade, passé, and chassé into a seamless performance piece. This class is not just about memorizing steps; it is about playing with the details and perfecting the nuance that makes ballet truly magical.
Join us at Broche Ballet as we continue our journey through the Cinderella variation, one graceful step at a time.
