ONE OF MY FAVOURITE JUMPS! SAUT DE BASQUE ✨ I adore doing Saut de basque manège! It’s so fun but also hard! With this jump weather it’s in a circle or not, it’s really keep you keep that clear profile as you chassé ( gallop ) and then through the leg profile, high and immediately bring that leg to retiré to give the illusion of height and float. Learning and understanding the coordination of the arms both for Saut de basque with a gallop and consecutive jumps is really really key. Like with anyt

Introduction to dance etudes is the part of the pre-ballet program that everybody loves! It’s another part of the four-component system that introduces the youngest students to the elements of historical dance, character dance and certainly classical dance. A few years down the line, these elements will get way more complicated and stunningly beautiful, but here we start very simple. Master teacher Ekaterina Trunina @katheryn_ballet teaches waltz in her pre-ballet classes and here is an extract

Saut de Basqué Combination 💕 Jumping into the New Year with our OBA Pre-Professional Division Students (ages 14-17) in Technique Class taught by Founder & Artistic Director - Marina Osipova, Ph.D ✨ #osipovaballetacademy #ballet #dance #nikolayworld #ballerinasofinstagram #dancersofinstagram #ballerinasofig #yagp #worldwideballet | Osipova Ballet Academy