What You'll Learn
- Execute fluid demi-pliés and grand pliés with correct alignment
- Integrate expressive port de bras and cambré movements with musical phrasing
- Improve stability and balance during sus-sous and relevé sequences
- Develop breath control to enhance movement quality in long combinations
About This Video
Discover the intersection of technical precision and musical artistry in this 10-minute ballet class from Broche Ballet. This session focuses exclusively on a beautiful, extended plié combination choreographed to the hauntingly melodic "Raindrop Prelude" by Frédéric Chopin. Designed for intermediate to advanced dancers, this combination challenges your control, breath, and ability to sustain movement across multiple phrases.
The plié is the foundation of all ballet movement, and in this lesson, we explore its depth through a variety of patterns. You will begin with gentle demi-pliés and stretches to warm up the joints and find your center. As the music builds, the combination progresses into deep grand pliés, requiring significant engagement of the core and rotators.
By pairing these foundational movements with Chopin’s expressive prelude, you will learn to use the music not just as a background, but as a guide for your phrasing and port de bras. Throughout the video, we emphasize the importance of a calm breath to facilitate fluid movement. You will practice shifting through tendu and finding stability in sus-sous and relevé.
Special attention is given to the alignment of the torso during circular port de bras and cambré movements, ensuring that your artistry never compromises your technical integrity. This combination is particularly long, featuring multiple sets of eight counts that will test your stamina and focus. At Broche Ballet, we believe that adult dancers deserve high-quality, artistically fulfilling training.
This class provides an opportunity to refine your technique while immersing yourself in a truly beautiful piece of music. Whether you are practicing at home or using this as a warm-up for a full class, this plié combination will leave you feeling grounded, lengthened, and musically inspired. Join us at the barre and elevate your daily practice today.
