Sep 2018
SISSONNE EN AVANT
Parc Du Champ De Mars
little girls practice their ballet steps
old man his T'ai-Chi
old man
frozen into
Carry Head Push Mountain
Time melts
old man flows into
Wild Horse Spreads Mane
"et maintenant...allongé ..allongé. . !"
dit Maman
the little dog rolls on the grass
the little dog growls
at the frozen man
little girl a statue in arabesque
little girl her
head in the clouds
old man...cloud hands
my moment
passes their moments
lost now in time
"... et maintenant
fermée, ouverte, développée,
en avant, en arrière, à la seconde."
Parc Du Champ De Mars
little girls practice their ballet steps
old man his T'ai-Chi
old man
frozen into
Carry Head Push Mountain
Time melts
old man flows into
Wild Horse Spreads Mane
"et maintenant...allongé ..allongé. . !"
dit Maman
the little dog rolls on the grass
the little dog growls
at the frozen man
little girl a statue in arabesque
little girl her
head in the clouds
old man...cloud hands
my moment
passes their moments
lost now in time
"... et maintenant
fermée, ouverte, développée,
en avant, en arrière, à la seconde."
From the old man shape shifting into his different positions of self to the tiny tiny dancers being put through their paces this was a wonderful moment of Paris that seemed to be part of a movie we had stepped into...a little piece of wonder.
A ballet student usually first learns how to do a sissone at an intermediate level and at young ages. This is to ensure the dancer has enough basic strength and comfort with basic steps like plie and saute.
From there, a student will learn variations such as jumping and landing on one foot in attitude or arabesque (sissonne en avant) or other positions. The step can also be done petit in variations or in petite allegro combinations. Because of the difficulty at quicker speed, sissonne is usually taught slow and big as part of grande (or medium) allegro combinations first.
A ballet student usually first learns how to do a sissone at an intermediate level and at young ages. This is to ensure the dancer has enough basic strength and comfort with basic steps like plie and saute.
From there, a student will learn variations such as jumping and landing on one foot in attitude or arabesque (sissonne en avant) or other positions. The step can also be done petit in variations or in petite allegro combinations. Because of the difficulty at quicker speed, sissonne is usually taught slow and big as part of grande (or medium) allegro combinations first.
