Fondu on the L foot, extending the R leg forward again. Relevé on the L point or demi-pointe, sweeping the R leg to the second position en l’air, and execute a tour en dehors, bringing the R foot to side and front of L knee. Fondu on the L leg, at the same time extending the R leg to quatrième position devant en l’air (croisé devant). Execute a pirouette en dehors on the L leg. Fondu on the L leg, opening the R leg to the second position en l’air.Įn dehors (Cecchetti method): Fourth position R foot back. Relevé on the L point or demi-pointe, executing a tour en dehors and whipping the R foot in back of, then quickly in front of, the L knee. Fondu on the L leg, at the same time opening the R leg to the second position en l’air. They may be executed en dehors or en dedans.Įn dehors (Russian School): Fourth position R foot back. The whipping leg should be at hip level, with the foot closing in to the knee of the supporting leg.
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This is the popular turn in which the dancer executes a series of turns on the supporting leg while being propelled by a whipping movement of the working leg. When performing a développé to second position, the front foot is brought to retiré devant and then extended, or the back foot is brought to retiré derrière and then extended. In the Russian and French Schools, the pointed toe is brought to retiré devant before extending the leg forward or to retiré derrière before extending the leg backward. In the Cecchetti method, the working foot is brought up to the retiré position with the toe pointed at the side of the knee (retiré de côté) before extending the leg in the required direction.
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They are done with the supporting foot flat on the ground, on the demi-pointe, full point or en fondu. They are done with the supporting foot flat on the ground, on the body. Développés are performed à la quatrième devant, à la seconde and à la quatrième derrière and may be executed in all directions of the body. The hips are kept level and square to the direction in which the dancer is facing. A développé is a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to the knee of the supporting leg and slowly extended to an open position en l’air and held there with perfect control. Through common usage the term has become abridged to développé.
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