How to do a Rond de jambe — Easy Ballet Class

Описание: Rond de jambes are a foundational type of movement in ballet. They are the basis for fouette turns, pas de basques, they are used in preparation for chaines, and are combined with the rotation of the supporting leg and torso to create fouette promenades and fouette sautes.


00:00 Intro
00:38 Two types of rond de jambes
01:00 En dehors vs en dedans
01:20 Ronds. can begin in many positions
01:53 How to do ronds. en dehors
02:47 How to do ronds. en dedans
03:15 Things to focus on in ronds.
04:24 Musicality of ronds.
05:27 Subscribe!


That’s just a small sample of the movements that include ronde de jambes. If you want to be good at ballet, you need to be good at this basic movement. In this video I’ll show you how to do ronde de jambes correctly.


There are two types of movements that are called rond de jambe. One is this movement. It’s called a rond de jambe en l’air. The other is this kind of movement. These are called ronde de jambe a terre and grand rond de jambe respectively.


There are two directions you can do rond de jambe a terre in. When you bring your leg around your body towards your back, that is called en dehors. When you bring your leg around your body towards your front, that is called en dedans. When you’re taking a ballet class, and your doing barre, Ronds a terre usually start from either first or fifth. We’ll focus on those two starting positions, but just know that rond de jambes en dehors and en dedans can begin with the leg in any direction.


Let’s break down en dehors first. To start, tendu your leg in front and then, without changing the rest of the body, rotate the leg to second, keeping your heel as forward as you can without opening your hips.


From second rotate your leg to the back, again without changing where your hips and torso are facing, and thinking about keeping that heel in front of the toes. From there you tondu close the leg to first. Often there will be multiple ronde de jambes in a row. In that case, the leg just brushes through first to start the next rond de jambe. Once you understand the movement, make sure to make it a continuous movement. There is no moment where you stop moving your leg during a rond de jambe.


Now en dedans is when you reverse the movement. Like I said before, the leg can start in first, fifth, or any tendu, but for simplicity’s sake we’ll start in first. Tendu the leg back, fully turned out, then rotate it to tendu side. As you do so, rotate your heel forward as much as you can from the hip without changing where your hips are pointing. Continue the semi circle around to the front, heel rotating forward. Close the leg to first. If you are doing multiple rond de jambes en dedans, brush the working leg through first to repeat the rond de jambe movement. When the leg goes through first, both legs should look equally turned out and the heel of the working leg should be touching the floor.


Here are 4 things to focus on in rond de jambes to make them even better:


1. Hip stability: make sure the hips stay rock steady as you rond. Don’t let the hip swing open as you rotate the leg en dehors or swing close when you rotate the leg en dedans.


2. Articulate your foot: The foot should articulate fully when the foot tendus out and when the foot tendus in. (show bad and good) Also, make sure the heel of your foot touches the floor when you brush through first.


3. Knees are extended: In rond de jambes the knees are always extended. Try to make your legs as long as you can. Try to draw the biggest semi circle you can with your working leg, while keeping the rest of your body and hips still. No soggy, noodly legs allowed!


4. Maintain the connection between your toes and the floor. In french, the words a terre in rond de jambe a terre mean on the ground. This means that the big toe of your working leg should always be in connection with the floor. Keep that working leg on the floor.


Musicality:


When a rond de jambes is done in three counts like in a slow waltz or a 6/8, the brush out of the leg is faster then the part when the leg goes around the body. This creates an interesting musical dynamic. The degage out happens on count one and the rond jamb around the leg happens on counts 2 and 3.


When rond de jambes are done in 4 counts, there isn’t as much of an accent in the rond. Your leg moves at a constant rate, and you hit each position on each count.
In en dehors you hit the front on one, the side on two, the back on three, and first on 4. The reverse happens in en dedan. So it would look something like this. Keep your leg moving (the movement must constantly flow) but anticipate hitting the correct position on the correct count.


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