What You'll Learn
- Technical mechanics of the promenade in various positions including attitude and arabesque.
- Advanced hip alignment strategies using the hot and cold control metaphor.
- Fluidity and balance in adagio combinations featuring développé.
- Improved musicality and timing for pas de bourrée and pirouettes.
- Strategies for maintaining a straight vertical axis during complex center work.
About This Video
Welcome to a technical advanced center practice with Broche Ballet, where we dive deep into the mechanics of one of classical ballet's most challenging movements: the promenade. This 23-minute session is designed to help you find stability and grace in the center, moving beyond the safety of the barre to achieve professional-level control. In this class, we focus extensively on the concept of hip control and vertical alignment.
The instructor guides you through the process of pushing one hip back while keeping the other stable, allowing for a controlled rotation of the heel while maintaining the position of the toe. This nuanced approach ensures that your promenade in attitude, développé, or arabesque remains secure and aesthetically pleasing. We explore the metaphor of 'hot and cold' hip temperatures to help you visualize the dynamic adjustments needed for steady rotation.
Beyond the promenade, we work through a rigorous adagio that challenges your core strength. You will practice transitioning through passé into développé and arabesque, focusing on the necessary tension and release required to stay centered. We also incorporate pas de bourrée and waltz patterns to improve your musicality and spatial awareness.
The session concludes with pirouette preparations and center combinations. By focusing on the rhythm and timing of the music, you will learn how to use your plié effectively to power your turns and maintain your vertical axis. Whether you are working on à la seconde or a classic pirouette, the technical tips provided here will help you achieve a higher level of precision.
Refining these advanced center movements requires patience and a keen eye for detail. Join Broche Ballet for this focused practice and take your technical execution to the next level through expert-led drills and combinations.
