Ballet Notes

Barre

• Feet fully on demi pointe
• Stand up tall without compromising your balance (tighten your center)
• During tendu/degage/ronde jambe exercises, keep your hips facing forward, not turned out to the side.
• Relax your shoulders.
• Tendu/degage: extend all the way to the front and back (pointe your toes, girl!). Also, your side degage/tendu is more in front than to the side.
• Devellope: when extending out, your foot goes to wear you would tendu to!
• When in fourth position, your front foot’s toe should be level with your back foot’s heel, your center evenly distributed, and don’t lean back when you plié.

Center Floor

• Chaine turns
• Relax the shoulders (especially your right)
• Hold your center
• Relax your shoulders

•  Pique turns
• Higher on demi point
• Keep your working leg straight
• Pull up on your posse
• RELAX YOUR SHOULDERS

• Grand Jete
• Keep your legs straight
• Arms in first position for in between leaps.
• Lower your arm in third arabesque when leaping so as not to cover your face
• Look up higher so your leaps have more height

Vocabulary

• Frappé
• Frappé means to "strike". Hitting the floor or an ankle with a moving foot, flexed.
• Coupe’
• The working foot is placed on the part of the leg between the base of the calf and the beginning of the ankle.
• Retiré
• A position in which the thigh is raised to the second position en l'air with the knee bent so that the pointed toe rests in front of, behind or to the side of the supporting knee.
• Devant
• In front. This term may refer to a step, movement or the placing of a limb in front of the body. In reference to a particular step the addition of the word "devant" implies that the working foot is closed in the front.
• Pas de chat
• Cat's-step. The step owes its name to the likeness of the movement to a cat's leap.
• En croix
• Meaning "in the shape of a cross" or "the cross." This term is usually used when doing barre exercises such as battement tendu and battement frappé. The required movement is done to the front, then the side, then back and then again to the side (a cross shape) closing in either first or fifth position.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Seventeen (and counting)

Day Seventeen

An applicable song lyric:
And just when I thought it couldn't get any better, there you go and do it all again. I hope this feeling never ends, 'cause you, you make me happy. You, you make me happy.

Something making me happy:
Conversations with my friends :D

Something I learned today:
DON'T DRINK COLD WATER RIGHT AFTER BRUSHING YOUR TEETH!

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My family.

My 11:11 wish:
That I would do better in class.

Somewhere I want to be:
Shleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
My cell phone.

Some thoughts:
 All the things I'm saying I'd miss if the Earth were destroyed are superficial...but I'm not saying "My family" because I know I'll be with them forever.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Sixteen (and counting)

Day Sixteen

An applicable song lyric:
I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, 'cause I'm already falling
I'll never let a love get so close
You put your arms around me and I'm home

Something making me happy:
Food. Heh XD

Something I learned today:
I need to go to college.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
Picnik *sniffle*

My 11:11 wish:
That he'd like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Talking to Renaye.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Quasedillas.

Some thoughts:
Food is good. Dancing is good. Life is good.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Fifteen (and counting)

Day Fifteen

An applicable song lyric:
Cuz when you worry, your face will frown, and that will bring everybody down.
So don't worry, be happy.

Something making me happy:
We had roast for dinner. It was yummy. Hehe.

Something I learned today:
Patience is a virtue that I struggle with.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My dad.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I was prettier.

Somewhere I want to be:
In bed. Sleeping.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Cookies.

Some thoughts:
Don't worry, be happy.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Fourteen (and counting)

Day Fourteen

An applicable song lyric:
You can count on me like 1 2 3
I'll be there
And I know when I need it I can count on you like 4 3 2
And you'll be there
Cause that's what friends are supposed to do

Something making me happy:
I'm going home today *victory dance*

Something I learned today:
Watching children is exhausting!

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My momma.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish he'd like me.

Somewhere I want to be:
Hooooome.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Cars.

Some thoughts:
I need to get an iPhone stat. And a new laptop.

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Thirteen (and counting)

Day Thirteen

An applicable song lyric:
And I'm juggling all the thoughts in my head
I'm juggling and my fears on fire
but I'm listening as it evolves in my head
I'm balancing on one fine wire

Something making me happy:
Fuzzy socks.

Something I learned today:
Boredom is so boring, it's not funny. Not that you said it was, but seriously.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My entertaining friends.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I could match Levi's awesome writing skills.

Somewhere I want to be:
Home.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
My 16th birthday. Heh.*Warning: Dry humor detected*

Some thoughts:
I'm going to destroy the movie Up. It can die in a hole somewhere. I'm not violent, just a tired teenager who's watched Up over five times in the last two days.

   

Yeah, my fuzzy sock looks like the carpet. 

~La vie est belle, Bri~

I Will Survive: Day Twelve (and counting)

Day Twelve

An applicable song lyric:
All we can do is keep breathing.

Something making me happy:
My brother's iPhone.

Something I learned today:
Add libs with Andrew after midnight is hilarious.

Something I need to be more thankful for:
My house.

My 11:11 wish:
I wish I had an iPhone.

Somewhere I want to be:
Home.

Something I would miss if the Earth were destroyed:
Movies.

Some thoughts:
Being addicted to Facebook sucks.
Being without Internet sucks even more.
Being bored sucks most of all.
Money is good.
So are books.

~La vie est belle, Bri~