The Barre: Grand Battement
Added 2019-05-29 13:01:00 +0000 UTCWhen you arrive at grand battements--usually after a painfully slow adagio--it is a fantastic release of contained energy. In the beginning of studying ballet, students are focused on the muscular effort of kicking their legs up as high as they can. Older, wiser dancers know that if they maintain the strength of their center, there is one initial "whoompf!", and the rest is all momentum. It is hardly any work at all.
