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Description of elements of a typical combination:
Description of elements of a typical combination:
“The working leg is raised upward and away from the original position to maximum height and then brought back down again” (Lishka 1979, p. 23).
Common steps used in this combination:
Grand battement
Passé
Pirouette
Coupé
Meter
Meter
duple (2/4 or 4/4)
triple (3/4)
Tempo
Tempo
maestoso - 65 bpm per "count"
Accentuations
Accentuations
Broad, loud, energetic, and uplifting (Cavalli, 2001, p. 109)
Strong up-beat for grands battements that start on the “and” and strong down-beats for those that start on the beat.
Example of Teacher Demonstrating a Grand Battement Combination:
Example of Teacher Demonstrating a Grand Battement Combination:
Cues from teacher's demonstration:
Cues from teacher's demonstration:
The “and-a” in the teacher’s counting demonstrates that she wants it in a triple meter.
She is also demonstrating the need for an accent on the beat.
Music Selected: Cesare Pugni, Variation of Acteon from Pas de Deux
Music Selected: Cesare Pugni, Variation of Acteon from Pas de Deux
from La Esmeralda
from La Esmeralda
PDF of Original
PDF of Original
09_Original_Variation of Acteon_Esmeralda_Pugni.pdfPDF of Arranged Score
PDF of Arranged Score
Barre09_Grand Battements_Variation of Acteon from Esmeralda_Pugni10.22.22.pdfChanges made in arranged score:
I added a four-bar introduction.
I added a repeat for the first 16 bars.
I simplified the right hand to include mostly the top notes of the texture.
Videos of Dancers performing combination with selected music:
Videos of Dancers performing combination with selected music:
Reactions while playing the combination:
The demonstration did not specify if I would need to play directly from one side to another, but the teacher did not stop the dancers (or me), so I kept going.
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