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Position:Home>Dancing> In ballet, how do you perfect your grande jete?Question: In ballet, how do you perfect your grande jete!? See I can get a split easy in jaz when you're allowed to flick your legs and step ball change but i can't get such a pretty one with swishing my legs!.
I can easily do the asplits, am very flexy, am hyperextended and super turned out :( which is a bad thing when its at the extent im atWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well, you need some muscles in the lower legs for the spring needed for this spectacular ballet move!. Try circuit training; add weights to your lower legs in exercises like leg raises!. That way, you will have more "ballon" in the jump and you can hold that famous "jete" in the air for about 1 or 2 more seconds!. You have the other required parameters for this move!. So my advice is quite short!. For the excessive turn-out!.!.!.try some hip adduction exercises to cut back on that excessive turn-out!.Www@QuestionHome@Com When broken down, all a grande jete is is 2 grande battements!. One to the front, and one to the back!. The height of the jump itself comes from the connection of the plie with the pushing leg and the brushing of the battement leg!. Once you get the coordination right, it will give you the lift you need to get up in the air!. The pushing leg itself is also connected to that leg doing its own battement back at the height of the jump!. Remember to also coordinate your arms correctly!. If the arms aren't where they're supposed to be slightly before you reach the height of the jump, then the legs won't do what they're supposed to do!. Keep your eyes up, once you look down, then your jump will be coming down instead of creating the illusion of staying up!. Hope this helps!.Www@QuestionHome@Com well if you keep practicing at it it will come, make sure that you warm your hip joints up and stretch before attempting the grande jete!. Www@QuestionHome@Com Just keep practicing and it will come!. Make sure you get a good lift off and you keep you legs stretched!. Good Luck!Www@QuestionHome@Com practice, and remember: plie, leap, keep your eyes up, plie, landWww@QuestionHome@Com |