Grande Plié

As promised, this is a list of how our ballet class is sequenced. We sure are learning lots of new french words!

First we do some stretching:

Butterfly legs, Stretch down, Twists, Stomping
V legs, Arms up, Side to side, Wiggle arms, To middle patting
Shake legs

Then we do drills: Starting on the Red line walking forward to the purple line then backwards on the way back

Arms above head, walk on toes
Arms down low, run on toes
Arms out like a Butterfly, pointy toe leg out then step
Passé - Hands on hips elbows out, like a flamingo toe to knee then step
Coupé - Hands on hips elbows out, Toe to ankle then step
Grand Battement (Bat-Ma) - Arms out straight T, kick leg straight out then step
Chassé - Arms out straight T, foot to slide sideways then together like a skip
Run and leap - Over star 1 then 2 then 3
Glue feet together and hop across

Then everyone is assigned a position on the floor (Stand on X)

1st position - Feet in v arms make circle resting at waist
Plié - bend knees while in 1st Position

2nd position - Feet apart, Arms in T

Tendu - Extend leg out point toe forward, to side, to back

Sauté - Jump, 1st position
Sauté - Jump, 1st to 2nd, close / open 1-2
Tours en l'air - Turn on air

Pirouette - Start as a Plié then jump and turn, One arm out Second arm folded in front
Turn Left then right

Balancé - One arm out Second arm folded in front, Start as a Plié then step like a Waltz or square step
To the Side, Then Back The Forward then Back