Insight: Ballet Glossary - Petit allegro

Akane Takada, Royal Ballet First Artist, demonstrates a petit allegro.

In the second half of the film, the action is slowed down to see the detail of her footwork.

Allegro - from the Italian for 'happy'. Quick, lively jumps.
small jumps - petit allegro, and big jumps - grand allegro.

Akane demonstrates a series of petit allegro steps:

Glissade/jeté, coupé/step/jeté, pas de chat, pas de bourrée, entrechat quatre, soubresaut.

Small quick steps that do no leave the ground very much are known as terre à terre dancing (ground to ground dancing).

[Shivani_]

This is an amazing petite allegro, you can tell she is very well trained. Its beautiful to watch

[angelofdeath]

even in slow motion im still confused lol

[lovewillwinnn]

That was beautiful! Thanks for the slow-mo bonus! ❤❤❤

[xxjuiciixx]

ah petit allegro was always my favourite part of class! ofc i never looked as lovely as akane doing it but it's so much fun!

[jedwardfanxox]

during my first time learning this i dislocated my knee 😂😭 can't dance for six weeks the struggle is real lmao stay safe folks

[ALLEGIVNT]

when you watch this 15 times then spend an hour practicing it and end up giving up on life because you will never be that good.. #ballerinalife

[kaylielee]

She is amazing 🤩 I learned this just by watching. The slow motion helped a lot

[Buttercremee]

if I could slow down my teacher like that lmao

[talon]

She is absolutely wonderful. She looks so happy to just be dancing.

[sailormello]

After a back injury i'm finally able to dance ballet again.
This video inspires me so much! She's a really amazing dancer.
I'll do my best when i start my ballet classes again, and these videos will motivate me to reach for perfection. Thank you so much! <3

[jeanieinjapan]

I love this combination.. super lively and fun!  Thank you for breaking it down, too, it was easy to learn that way.

[abigailwalker]

I finally did it after hours of practice! It's so fun to do!

[abggonz]

I absolutely love Akane Takada, she's do pretty!

[marissacharleswagg]

i love these videos they are so useful :D also akane takada is who i want to be as a dancer, she always looks so happy and so graceful. an inspiration

[Gabbyreal]

this video is so helpful! She is so graceful I could never do a petit allegro that fast with that much grace and persition!

[rbred]

Thank you for adding the slow-motion section! It is so useful.

[peggyplunkett]

So lovely. Amazing technique and grace.

[elemileTLDR]

What a beauty!!! it's probably the most beautiful and gentile (female) ballon I've seen in years. Thank you very much.

[fashiondarling-jq]

adorable! definitely going to learn that this winter break!

[nd_snideelf]

Very graceful and beautiful. Like watching the flutter of a butterfly.