Comments on: Bag of Steps: Turns

By: Two Cinderellas.

Two Cinderellas. — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:56:43 +0000

[...] steps. But in the ball scenes she becomes majestic. Soon she is circling the stage in razor-sharp piqués and châiné turns. As Prokofiev’s evocative score emphasizes love blossoming, Cojocaru lets herself be swept [...]

By: Cinderella

Cinderella — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 12:35:38 +0000

[...] With music by Baron Boris Fitinhof-Schell this version famously showcased Pierina Legnani and her 32 fouettées en tournant (a feat which would later be incorporated into the ballet Swan Lake) for the [...]

By: Brighter Than Sunshine

Brighter Than Sunshine — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:02:43 +0000

[...] He is also still capable of delivering Colas’ trademark flashy series of tour-jetés and grand pirouettes which, despite more understated now than a few years back (Acosta is gearing towards his late [...]

By: Watson/Benjamin Romeo & Juliet Review

Watson/Benjamin Romeo & Juliet Review — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 16:44:05 +0000

[...] sometimes one wishes he would stay in arabesque forever – Watson makes the most of the pirouettes à la seconde and attitude turns, both more ideally suited for him than the quick-footed sequences with the [...]

By: Balanchine Ballet Symphony in C

Balanchine Ballet Symphony in C — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:14:29 +0000

[...] of technical prowess. It opens with the fourth ballerina going through a sequence of turns (many pirouettes & fouett ées), small jumps and changing poses, the corps moving around her. Her partner and two male [...]

By: Sleeping Beauty Roundup « The Ballet Bag

Sleeping Beauty Roundup « The Ballet Bag — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 12:16:25 +0000

[...] to take each suitor’s hand; or at the way she alternates her port de bras while zipping through piqué turns. It all looks as easy and effortless as Balenciaga’s illustrious cape. And this most elegant of [...]

By: Oh! You Pretty Things « The Ballet Bag

Oh! You Pretty Things « The Ballet Bag — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:42:52 +0000

[...] good time skating. To replicate the feel of dancing on ice the chassé is heavily used, as are fouettés and various forms of spinning and walking on pointe. Soloists emerge from the group dances, developing their own signature moves [...]

By: Golden Years « The Ballet Bag

Golden Years « The Ballet Bag — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:20:39 +0000

[...] with italian virtuosa Pierina Legnani in the title role. Here she first performed the famous 32 fouettés en tournant later consecrated in Swan [...]

By: Mr. Brightside « The Ballet Bag

Mr. Brightside « The Ballet Bag — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:36:23 +0000

[...] improvisation. As he tries, in vain, to impress the cellist with his moves he dishes out dazzling grand pirouettes and tricky beaten steps (let us not forget who this piece was originally created for). In a final [...]

By: Sweet Disposition « The Ballet Bag

Sweet Disposition « The Ballet Bag — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:44:44 +0000

[...] lovely as Laura McCulloch is in manner and in mime, the Lilac’s prologue variation, with its Italian fouettés and turns that demand Swiss-watch precision, are too big a challenge to be cast at anything other than [...]