Art of Pointework Level 5: Finis Jhung Ballet Technique Video
Finis shows and explains each
exercise, 15-year-old Saige demonstrates on both sides, Finis comments and
analyzes, and then Saige repeats the exercise. This video is all about the
preparations that create the results. Watch how Saige turns her plié and
rolls through her feet. As she starts dancing across the floor, notice how
Saige places and works her plié and pushes with her feet, which results in
beautifully placed triple pirouettes en dehors. Finis and Saige then
concentrate on the en dedans pirouette, showing you how to prepare for
these tricky turns so that you will really get on your leg and turn with
ease. Besides giving you technical instructions and demonstrations on
everything from simple pirouettes to grand pirouettes en dedans, Finis has
also choreographed some of the exercises so that you can work on your
dancing skills. And, of course, Saige works on the ballerina’s "bread &
butter" steps — piqué turns and fouetté turns. After Saige shows her
single fouetté turns, she goes on and does doubles. Dance, Ballerina,
Dance! Exercises on this video: 1. Rolling through the feet, at the barre;
2. Turning the plié, half way, at the barre; 3. Pirouette en dehors to
fourth position, at the barre; 4. Échappé, relevé retiré, fondu relevé,
pirouette en dehors; 5. Pas de bourrée, pirouette en dehors, piqué
arabesque; 6. Assemblé soutenu, pirouette en dedans; 7. Piqué arabesque en
manège, pas de bourrée, pirouette en dedans; 8. Développé écarté, relevé
attitude, pas de bourrée en tournant, pirouette en dehors; 9. Pas de
bourrée en tournant, grand rond de jambe, chassé, relevé-développé, piqué
arabesque, grand pirouette à la seconde; 10. Piqué pirouette en dedans,
pas de bourrée couru en première; 11. Piqué pirouette en attitude en
dedans, pas de bourrée; 12. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant en dehors
sautillé; 13. Fouetté rond de jambe en tournant: Singles, Doubles. BONUS
EXTRAS: 1. Finis talks with Saige; 2. Saige’s Pre-Class Stretches; 3.
Saige & Her Pointe Shoes. 13 exercises. Taught by Finis Jhung.
Demonstrated by Saige Miller of The Jacqueline Kennedy Onnasis School at
The American Ballet Theatre. Music by Scott Killian. 92 mins. (2007)
DVD-Region 1.
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