Insight: Ballet Glossary - Grand allegro

Dawid Trzensimiech, Royal Ballet Artist, and Akane Takada, Royal
Ballet First Artist, demonstrate a grand allegro.

Jeter /jeté: From the French verb 'to throw'. A jeté is the usual word
for a jump in ballet. A Grand jeté is a technical jump in which the
dancer jumps high in the air with both legs open horizontally, almost
as if flying.

Allegro - jumps
small jumps - petit allegro, and big jumps - grand allegro.

Petit allegro:
. Sauté - A simple jump landing on two feet
Grand allegro:
. Grand jeté - A large leap from one foot to the other

[rbred]

I'm very happy to see Ms. Akane Takada in this video--a rising star at the Royal Ballet.

[elmelimelon]

woow.. there's nothing more you can say, this is pure perfction.

[purplequeen]

I love how they make such great use of the whole floor space!

[missalc]

amazing. when the man did his turn he went along with the music perfectly.

[Rachel.Hong.]

Did you see the muscles in the guy's leg? Amazing!

[SukLengWong]

@rbred378 Apprently, she will be making her debut as Aurora in the coming season of Royal Ballet. Looking forward to see her bright future at the Royal Ballet

[lorieh]

Grande just means "big"  jeté (ballet movement)
...legs are crossed in the air before the descent; the grand jeté, a broad, high leap with one leg stretched forward and the other back like a “split” in the air; and the jeté en tournant, or tour jeté (“flung turn”), in which the dancer executes a half-turn in the air away from the forward leg before landing on it.

[jengirl]

i love these ballet glossary videos! thank you so much for posting.

[lorieh]

you should subscribe to the Royal Ballet's site  they have good examples there as well as rehearsal footage.  Very interesting and fun to watch

[vantarinitel]

The male dancer looks like he's in slow motion *clap clap clap*

[rbred]

@SukLengWong Thank you for the information! I never knew about her debut as Aurora next season. That's exciting. Akane is already climbing the rank fast and she will be a soloist very soon? I wonder there will be a battle between two Japan-based ladies: Yuhui and Akane... in regards to who will be a successor of Miyako Yoshida.

[karelvandeweghe]

In the second part, the grand jeté entrelacé, both dancers are turning their head to the back during the preparation of the jump. It is more interesting to keep facing front during those preparatory steps, and change the head fast during the jump. Now they look away from the audiance for 3/4 of the step. Not really polite...or?

[loriehankins]

[ Kisanimi ]  It's a "tour jete"

[SuperMinkyMomo]

Where are the names?? Isn't this a glossary??

[kisanimi]

What's the right term for the beautiful jump they do at 25'' or 29''? Is that a grand jete tournant or something like that? Anyway, I love it!