Arabesques

The differences between The Cecchetti Method and The Russian Method

Russian Method - The Russian method has a total of four positions for arebesques.
First arabesque: the body is supported on one leg with the other lifted at a right angle. the body is inclined forward from the waist with a strongly arched back. the arm on the side of the supporting leg is extended forward and the other taken out to the side a little behind the second position.
Second arabesque: the body and legs are the same as in the first arabesque but the arms are reversed. the arm on the side of the supporting side is taken back far enough to be seen behind the body while the other arm is extended forward.
Third arabesque: this arabesque is faces a diagonally toward the audience the supporting leg is nearer the audience with the other raised at a right angle to the supporting leg the arm opposite the supporting leg extended forward and the other arm extended to the side
Fourth arabesque: the legs are in the same position as in the third arabesque and the arms are reversed the arm of the supporting side is reached to the side as the other arm is extended forward.

Checchetti Method: The Checchetti Method  has a total of five arabesque positions
first arabesque: the body is held upright from the waist and is supported on a straight leg with the other leg extended and at right angles to support the leg. the shoulders are held square to the line of direction with the arms extended palms down so that the extended fingertips of the forward arm  in a line with the center of the space between the eyes and the extended back arm slightly lowered so that the arms are in one straight line. the forward hand should be slightly turned outward.
second arabesque: the arms are reversed so that the forward arm is the opposite to the supporting leg.. the head is slightly inclined and turned forward to the audience.
third arabesque: both arms are extended forward to the side of the supporting leg.
fourth arabesque: the supporting leg is nearer the audience and is in the demi-plie. the arms and head are held as in the first arabesque with the arms on the side of the raised leg.
fifth arabesque: the arms and head are held as in the third arabesque with the arm further from the audience being the higher . the supporting leg is the leg nearer the audience and is in demi-plie.

Glissade

A glissade is a glide a traveling step exicuted by gliding the working foot from fifth position in the required direction with the other foot closing into it. It is a step to link other steps there are many kinds of glissades these include:
glissade dessous- which is a glissade under it's a glissade that travels to the side and switches feet.
Glissade dessus- this is a glissade over. It travels to the side and it doesn't switch feet.
Glissade devant- is a glissade to the front it travels to the side and the front foot finishes in the front.
Glissade derriere- this is a glissade back. It travles to the side were the back foot starts and ends in the back.
Glissade en avant- glissade forward this commenseswith the front foot and finishes with it in the front.
Glissade en arriere- a glissade backward this glissade commences with the back foot and finishes with the back foot

In class recording

Our assignment was to watch ourselves in the video that was recorded. we were also suppose to look as the class as a whole.
I will begin by talking about the class as a whole. we do not move anywhere near a ensemble. There are some people who stand at the same barre and might have the same timing but as a full class we are not together or anywhere close at the barre. i believe that in the center we are better as a whole but it is not where we should be. I think the best way to maybe fix this would be to have a class discussing what you want our arms to do especially during plies because everyone's are different. and we need to also watch each other and listen to the music. I think that as a class we are yearning to do the correct movements and get the combination right so then we are so focused on that that we do not pay attention to those around us. watching the video i have also found things out about myself that i need to work on. i found that during some of the barre exercises my weight is set back. i learned that when I do turns in the middle and at the barre i need to put more force behind them and that I pull my arms down in turns when they need to be up. I believe my foot needs to be streached more in everything i do. I also found that when I am at the barre and in a balance I reach for the barre right when I become unstable, I need to focus on not reaching for the barre and just trying to fix my balance like I would in the center.
I need to keep going when I mess up because I tend to stop a lot too.

Health Odyssey

The Health Odyssey was a wonderful experience for me. I arrived early so that I could help set up and I was there the whole day. I went to three of the classroom seminars one talking about your colon which was very interesting and another that spoke about child development and how when you skip steps you have to be trained to go back and learn them. I got muscle tested to see what I needed in my life. I got the scent of pepper telling me that I need to work on acceptance and denial; I think that was the most interesting thing that I did all day.

Ballet Flemming

I got the chance to dance in three of the ballet flemming workshops. They were very fast upbeat classes and we got a lot done in them. I think the biggest challenge for me was traveling across the floor, also just going for it I was very timid when it came to it being my turn I just waited for the last group instead of just jumping in it. My favorite thing we did was the combination were we went across the floor in the circle. I did not get a chance to go and see one of the performances, but I heard that a lot of what we did in the class was seen on stage.