Dear Salty Sugar Plum - your technique video's are the best on you-tube by a long shot. Your explanations are clear, rational and demystifying. You explain exactly what one needs to do. Your correctness is also at an unusually high level. You know exactly what you are doing, and this is rare. You obviously understand ballet. You understand anatomy, physiology, angles, physics (including centre of gravity and vectors) artistry, ballet systems and the works. Also, you are able to communicate/demonstrate it clearly! This is genuine balletic intelligence - please keep posting.....forever. The ballet world needs you.
Thanks! Every time I watch you I am just so in awe of how brilliant you are at teaching and what a skilled artist you really are 🧚♀️ As an older adult beginner your style of explaning things is invaluable
Hello Salty! Hope you're doing well. A professional ballet dancer speaking over here. Great explanation, pretty accurate, thanks for sharing. I have also read FRAPPÉS will help develop that muscular tone for quick responses and reflects, given that it requires precision and moving quickly but with extreme control of the core so that just the lower part of your legs move with speed and strenght. Smooches!
You have some of the best tutorials! I have a teacher who teaches the pointed foot without the wrap in each position. I am not sure which curriculum this comes from, but I have seen it.
Love you and your tutorials! My toes are so short I barely strike the floor😂 When I point my short toes they seem to dissapere 😂 As you said: you can't change your anatomy!
In Italian frappé means "milkshake" (frappucino is milkshake + cappucino I think), and as I speak a tad of Italian I can get VERY CONFUSED by the frappé terminology. XD I also find the concept of a "milk frappé" really bizarre. I used to get praised for my petit battement because I can do them with nearly 100% knee torsion and practically zero knee extension, but then I realised that that's only because I'm hypermobile and I was destroying my body. Now I need to relearn how to do them from scratch. -sigh- I really wish that ballet culture valued the integrity of dancers' bodies more, especially when it's adults who are clearly just dancing for fun and never going to be professional.
Hi Salty, this might be a stupid question but is it possible to do multiple double frappes to the front (or back) in a row? Actually I don’t think it’s correct but one of my ballet teachers made me do this by going straight front and then from there go “back front and straight front”, and I’m really confused because I don’t think this is correct. I always thought, I can only do multiple double frappes to the side (front back side, back front side,…) but when I go to the front or back I can only double the very first frappe. What do you think of this?
I have done this although you're right: It's not very common! Usually a 'triple' would be given in those cases. But i don't think it's technically incorrect do do multiple doubles to the front or back. (We know it's easier to do multiple doubles to the side). There are scenarios where the front foot can be brought directly to cou de pied back and vice versa (think of emboîtés for example). I think the purpose for this kind of frappé combination is to build speed, precision, and challenge your coordination to prepare you for more complex petite allegro combinations with battu in the center.
Dear Salty Sugar Plum - your technique video's are the best on you-tube by a long shot. Your explanations are clear, rational and demystifying. You explain exactly what one needs to do. Your correctness is also at an unusually high level. You know exactly what you are doing, and this is rare. You obviously understand ballet. You understand anatomy, physiology, angles, physics (including centre of gravity and vectors) artistry, ballet systems and the works. Also, you are able to communicate/demonstrate it clearly! This is genuine balletic intelligence - please keep posting.....forever. The ballet world needs you.
my heart is all a-flutter from this comment! thank you so much! these kinds of messages mean so much to me
esstown what an amazing comment!
Yes, the explanation I was looking for. May God bless you.
Thanks! Every time I watch you I am just so in awe of how brilliant you are at teaching and what a skilled artist you really are 🧚♀️ As an older adult beginner your style of explaning things is invaluable
Thank you so much for this reminder. You are so awesome!
OMG I love the way you explain every move and how to do it properly. It's so easy to understand. Thank you!
"lift the knee"! All of the sudden, it makes sense now! Thank you so much!
Your tutorials are absolutely amazing! I love how thoroughly and detailed you describe all the techniques!
Hello Salty! Hope you're doing well. A professional ballet dancer speaking over here. Great explanation, pretty accurate, thanks for sharing. I have also read FRAPPÉS will help develop that muscular tone for quick responses and reflects, given that it requires precision and moving quickly but with extreme control of the core so that just the lower part of your legs move with speed and strenght. Smooches!
Great!
So thorough. Wonderful.
That's why! I learnt frappe in Russian way and got very confused after coming to the US. Thank you for clarifying all these differences!
Well explained, Thank you
These are definitely the best tutorials I've ever watched on UA-cam. Thank you so much for sharing your precious knowledge and experience ^.^
u are so so good at breaking it down
Thank you
I am loving your videos so much!
You have some of the best tutorials! I have a teacher who teaches the pointed foot without the wrap in each position. I am not sure which curriculum this comes from, but I have seen it.
Maybe cuban, I practice that one
@@fermacedo4062 Is Cuban Vaganova?
Thank you so much!
Thank you! I finally understand frappes!
I love your explanations. Your arabesque “it starts at the butt” tip instantly changed my arabesque! Can you do a tutorial on brisee?
Blythe Vrindavana yes I'm editing a tutorial about beats, brisee is mentioned, but not in great detail. I'll get to it!
Ur turnout is amazing
you are an amazing teacher!! I finally got it!! thanks :D
Thanks much for your explanation! Clear enough for me 😘
Brava Spieghi bene!
Love you and your tutorials!
My toes are so short I barely strike the floor😂 When I point my short toes they seem to dissapere 😂 As you said: you can't change your anatomy!
In Italian frappé means "milkshake" (frappucino is milkshake + cappucino I think), and as I speak a tad of Italian I can get VERY CONFUSED by the frappé terminology. XD I also find the concept of a "milk frappé" really bizarre.
I used to get praised for my petit battement because I can do them with nearly 100% knee torsion and practically zero knee extension, but then I realised that that's only because I'm hypermobile and I was destroying my body. Now I need to relearn how to do them from scratch. -sigh- I really wish that ballet culture valued the integrity of dancers' bodies more, especially when it's adults who are clearly just dancing for fun and never going to be professional.
Hi Salty, this might be a stupid question but is it possible to do multiple double frappes to the front (or back) in a row?
Actually I don’t think it’s correct but one of my ballet teachers made me do this by going straight front and then from there go “back front and straight front”, and I’m really confused because I don’t think this is correct. I always thought, I can only do multiple double frappes to the side (front back side, back front side,…) but when I go to the front or back I can only double the very first frappe. What do you think of this?
I have done this although you're right: It's not very common! Usually a 'triple' would be given in those cases. But i don't think it's technically incorrect do do multiple doubles to the front or back. (We know it's easier to do multiple doubles to the side).
There are scenarios where the front foot can be brought directly to cou de pied back and vice versa (think of emboîtés for example). I think the purpose for this kind of frappé combination is to build speed, precision, and challenge your coordination to prepare you for more complex petite allegro combinations with battu in the center.