The jump in ballet is one of the most difficult dance figures

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Ballet is a very special kind of art. The dancers use their body language to tell the audience different stories. Drama and comedy are embodied in choreographic images, one of the most difficult elements of which is the ballet jump.

Terminology

The history of ballet goes back to 18th century France. Therefore, in ballet it is traditional to use the names of dance figures in French. Only a few terms - cabriole, pirouette and revoltade - are Italian.

Ballet jumping: title and brief description

• Antrasha - the dancer in a jump crosses his legs in the air in the 5th position. There are even and odd.
• Ballonne - a jump on one leg or a jump on the tips of the fingers with advancement behind the stretching leg, which, at the moment of a half-squat on the supporting leg, assumes the position of sur le coude-pied.
• Ballotte - the dancer gracefully bounces, moving the body in the right direction. The outstretched legs freeze for a moment in the 5th position, after which one leg in the rise is extended in the direction of advance with a simultaneous deviation of the body, the other lowers to the stage.
• Batry - hoppingthe movement becomes more difficult with one or more kicks.
• Brize - a short jump with advancement and a kick to the leg. Starts and ends in the 5th position.
• Glissade - jump-slide with movement behind the leg to be opened. At the same time, the socks do not come off the stage.
• Zhete - a jump in classical ballet, in which the dancer's body moves from foot to foot. Can be with promotion in any direction.

• Cabriole is a complex virtuoso figure. The performer holds one raised leg at a certain height, knocking it out one or more times with the other leg.
• Pas de poisson - a large complex jump in ballet from the supporting leg to the other. At the same time, each leg is thrown back in turn. The ballerina in flight bends back and becomes like a fish jumping out of the water.
• Pas de bac - the dancer jumps from foot to foot with sliding back and forth in 5th position.
• Pas de siso - a jump from the supporting leg to another, in which the outstretched legs are powerfully thrown high forward in turn, for a moment they connect in flight, in conclusion, one of the legs jerkily moves through the 1st position into an arabesque.
• Pas de sha - in a jump, the legs are bent and one after the other are thrown forward or backward at an angle greater than a straight one. Hands are easily and gracefully retracted from the 3rd position, and the body bends back plastically.
• Pa subreso - a quick jump with body bending from two legs to two from the 5th position to the 5th.

Several more types of jumps

• Revoltad - performed predominantly by a male artist. Complicated figure with 1-2 flips in the air.
• So de basque - a figure of classical ballet. Simultaneously with the jump from foot to foot, an advance to the side and a flip in the air are performed.
• Soute - the performer jumps from two legs again to two, all the while maintaining the same position.
• Tan leve - single or multiple vertical bouncing.
• Tour en ler - a jump on the spot with a single or double turn of the body.
• Fahy - the dancer jumps from two feet to one with a quick turn of the body in flight. Requires precise coordination of movements.
• Shazhman de pied - a jump in ballet, in which the ballerina flies from the 5th position to the same one, changing legs in flight. May be augmented with a mid-air flip.
• Chasse - in a jump with advancement, one leg catches up with the other. At the peak point, they join in the 5th position.
• Eshape - a classical dance figure of two jumps with the transfer of legs from a closed to an open position and back.

Virtuosity

In order for the jump in ballet to be light, airy, create a feeling of weightlessness and flight, students must work long and hard for years. Muscle strength, coordination, good stretching, flexibility and joint mobility are critical.

Compared to the soft legs of ordinary people, the ballerina's calf muscles have a steel hardness.

When a dancer takes a run before jumping, he develops a high horizontalspeed - 8 m / s, and vertical - 4.6 m / s. If you think in scientific terms, then the acceleration of the dancers when jumping in ballet is 2g, which is comparable to the takeoff run of an airplane.