Still confused? Try our downloadable PDF with 30 labeled images from the back view of all these body positions plus 6 arabesques: www.brocheballet.com/blog-1/2020/11/11/body-positions-and-arabesques-of-ballet-back-view-images
I don't think anyone has collected this material so well in a single video. I wish I had this video 8 years ago when I started. It would have saved hours of piecemeal learning with books and diagrams.
Thank you SO much! We are so happy that this video helps you and it makes our day to receive kind words like this! We feel lucky to get to share this information with our wonderful adult ballet community!
Thank you! Thank you! I struggled abit with my teacher showing us in the online lesson facing us as I get confused easily when trying to copy someone facing me. This is amazing, thanks again!! :D
So glad this was helpful! Definitely, these positions are so confusing to learn from the front view! Don't forget to download the PDF of all positions labeled and photographed from the back view for more practice & memorization www.brocheballet.com/blog-1/2020/11/11/body-positions-and-arabesques-of-ballet-back-view-images Happy dancing! :)
Awesome! I saw on Facebook that you also downloaded the PDF of them all - so nice to see them all laid out so you can start thinking about patterns and how to remember them!! :)
This is incredibly useful with the explanation about the tendus in relation to your body and your body in relation to the room! I feel like I might really be able to remember this now. I'm also very interested in differences between schools and would love to see a video on that!
Wonderful! The only video I have on the head on the channel right now is this one: ruclips.net/video/wQK7fO10sec/видео.html Many of the same principles apply, for how to use your head when your arm is high, a la seconde, or in arabesque. I'll consider doing another video on general "epaulement" as it's called, when you add in the head motions and a slight cambré to the body positions!
What a great (and thorough) video! I really like that you do front and back. At one point you make an offhanded comment about schools of ballet and arms. I wonder if you might do a video comparing the different schools? In university, I took an adult ballet class that I now realise was Balanchine - but at the time, just “ballet”. Now (years later, after a long break) I’m doing two classes a week, one Vaganova and the other RAD (although taught by someone originally trained in Vaganova). Initially the ride from Balanchine to Vaganova was pretty bumpy, as it felt like all the details in my technique were wrong, and I really had no idea what was going on! Now as I understand a bit better, I find I enjoy the contrast in techniques .. but also that I don’t have a good grounding in the differences, and so sometimes don’t understand what is important. I also feel like I would appreciate Balanchine much better now than I did then! A video talking about these topics would be really great. Thanks.
We are so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for the suggestion! There are many schools of ballet and it would be helpful to review each one!
Thank you so much for the video request! Just a quick clarification! -- Are you referring to when you might angle your body towards/away in order to not kick your neighbor in a grand battement as an example?
@@BrocheBallet Yes, but as well a clarification of, for example, tendus in direction croise to the barre, ecarte devant and ecarte derriere, where the body is turned, in relation to the barre.
Only in Vaganova! Ecarte back is facing the same direction as ecarte front, except your back leg is the one in tendu side, and your back arm is the one that is high. Hope that helps! :)
@@BrocheBallet thank you! My teacher does the cechetti method and its so new to me. All the videos I've done online have been Balanchine or vagonava method
@@emily-rb5dk Gotcha, yes! Those schools use ecarte back, whereas Cechetti doesn't. Croisé back is also sometimes done with the other arm in those other schools as well, so keep an eye on where that croisé back arm is when your teachers are demo'ing. Hope that helps! Happy dancing :)
Hi...please...the link for the PDF page is not working..any chance to recover the access?? Than you in advance...you are the best teacher ever, not taking for granted any single important point or pasage🙏
Still confused? Try our downloadable PDF with 30 labeled images from the back view of all these body positions plus 6 arabesques: www.brocheballet.com/blog-1/2020/11/11/body-positions-and-arabesques-of-ballet-back-view-images
The file is no longer there, how can I find a copy! Thank you!!
I don't think anyone has collected this material so well in a single video. I wish I had this video 8 years ago when I started. It would have saved hours of piecemeal learning with books and diagrams.
Thank you SO much! We are so happy that this video helps you and it makes our day to receive kind words like this! We feel lucky to get to share this information with our wonderful adult ballet community!
Very helpful for a person who started ballet as an adult, like I did. Thank you!
Awesome! So glad it helped! ✨
It's been a while, but I wanted to say how much I appreciate this video. I am really able to follow what's going on, with no confusion. Thank you.
Amazing video I have been searching for a video that shows these positions from the back. Thank you so much.❤
Thank you! Thank you! I struggled abit with my teacher showing us in the online lesson facing us as I get confused easily when trying to copy someone facing me. This is amazing, thanks again!! :D
So glad this was helpful! Definitely, these positions are so confusing to learn from the front view! Don't forget to download the PDF of all positions labeled and photographed from the back view for more practice & memorization www.brocheballet.com/blog-1/2020/11/11/body-positions-and-arabesques-of-ballet-back-view-images
Happy dancing! :)
Hitch kick into Arabesque!!! Very impressed!!!
You sure do make it easy teaching it this way.
Awesome! I saw on Facebook that you also downloaded the PDF of them all - so nice to see them all laid out so you can start thinking about patterns and how to remember them!! :)
This is incredibly useful with the explanation about the tendus in relation to your body and your body in relation to the room! I feel like I might really be able to remember this now. I'm also very interested in differences between schools and would love to see a video on that!
We are so happy this was helpful! We will look into do a video about the different schools of ballet - stay tuned. Happy Dancing!
Who’s here because they have a test this week
thanks, your video let me know more about the body position. I want to know more about deferent arm position for the same position
Thank you, this helped a lot! :D
OMG!!! Thank you so much. I am know familiar with the positions. I will keep practicing these. Merde'!
That's great, we're so happy to hear it! Happy dancing! :)
- Julie
Really helpful! Thanks ever so much!
You're so welcome! :)
Thank you. You make it simpler. I would like to watch the detail about the arm and head position
Wonderful! The only video I have on the head on the channel right now is this one: ruclips.net/video/wQK7fO10sec/видео.html
Many of the same principles apply, for how to use your head when your arm is high, a la seconde, or in arabesque.
I'll consider doing another video on general "epaulement" as it's called, when you add in the head motions and a slight cambré to the body positions!
What a great (and thorough) video! I really like that you do front and back.
At one point you make an offhanded comment about schools of ballet and arms. I wonder if you might do a video comparing the different schools? In university, I took an adult ballet class that I now realise was Balanchine - but at the time, just “ballet”. Now (years later, after a long break) I’m doing two classes a week, one Vaganova and the other RAD (although taught by someone originally trained in Vaganova). Initially the ride from Balanchine to Vaganova was pretty bumpy, as it felt like all the details in my technique were wrong, and I really had no idea what was going on! Now as I understand a bit better, I find I enjoy the contrast in techniques .. but also that I don’t have a good grounding in the differences, and so sometimes don’t understand what is important. I also feel like I would appreciate Balanchine much better now than I did then! A video talking about these topics would be really great. Thanks.
We are so glad you enjoyed the video and thank you so much for the suggestion! There are many schools of ballet and it would be helpful to review each one!
This helped a lot!
I'm so glad to hear it! Yay! :)
Thanks for that it really helped 👍
So glad to hear it! Happy dancing! :)
Could you do a video on the positions of the body, when at the barre?
Thank you so much for the video request! Just a quick clarification! -- Are you referring to when you might angle your body towards/away in order to not kick your neighbor in a grand battement as an example?
@@BrocheBallet Yes, but as well a clarification of, for example, tendus in direction croise to the barre, ecarte devant and ecarte derriere, where the body is turned, in relation to the barre.
@@beljw Thank you for clarifying! We'll take that into consideration for a future video!!
Best video
Maybe the sound isn't clear bc my phone..?
but I hope it gets better, And thankyouu~~
Sorry about the sound - sometimes it is hard to hear on phones! Let us know if the problem persists! Glad you like the video!
I see the efface back but is there an ecarte back?
Only in Vaganova! Ecarte back is facing the same direction as ecarte front, except your back leg is the one in tendu side, and your back arm is the one that is high. Hope that helps! :)
@@BrocheBallet thank you! My teacher does the cechetti method and its so new to me. All the videos I've done online have been Balanchine or vagonava method
@@emily-rb5dk Gotcha, yes! Those schools use ecarte back, whereas Cechetti doesn't. Croisé back is also sometimes done with the other arm in those other schools as well, so keep an eye on where that croisé back arm is when your teachers are demo'ing. Hope that helps! Happy dancing :)
Thank you very much for this video as I am sick and tired of completely messing up my port au brau with this.
You're welcome! Good luck, hope it helps!
Hi...please...the link for the PDF page is not working..any chance to recover the access?? Than you in advance...you are the best teacher ever, not taking for granted any single important point or pasage🙏