- Today we're working on our a la seconde turns and floats.
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All right, so this is the turn we're doing
with the float attached.
Okay, sweet friends, so the a la seconde itself,
we need to start with a little bit
of a breakdown list.
Brayden, do your thing.
Number one is balance, and balance
can be broken down into your core and your alignment.
Number two is momentum, and that comes
from your plie and it comes from your arms as well.
Number three is oppositional pull.
So grounding down as you lift up.
And the very last one is laying a foundation down.
Good job, Miss. Auti, I remembered the list.
Laying the foundation down just means
to make sure you're spotting the whole time
and that you start with one rotation,
then build up to two, then three, then four,
then five, then six, then seven, then eight,
then nine, then twenty, then 487.
So for your a la secondes, I like to do a slap prep.
(imitates slap) (whip cracks)
The slap prep starts by going up
to an eleve and you slap your legs
and then you come down to a pirouette prep.
So, from the side it looks like this.
You go up and prep.
Here you guys, your alignment needs to be centered.
So make sure you're not leaning forward,
make sure your knee's not over your toe.
You wanna go straight down and your back foot, whew,
your back foot is up on eleve,
your arms are out, not to the side of you or behind you,
it is actually slightly in front.
Tuck that pelvis in in order to create a neutral pelvis
and then you'll be turning around to the corner.
So, lots of things from the lift, or list,
just got touched upon right now.
That's kind of the beginning of it
is just your up and your prep.
When you do turn, remember to keep your spot.
The foot that's working, so for me it's my right leg,
the one that's behind me, is going to go
to the corner and you're gonna stop here.
Check your alignment here.
Straight leg, neutral pelvis.
Chin up, shoulder is down.
From that corner position, dancers,
that's when you open up to second,
hence a la seconde turn, right, at the side.
So, slow motion.
(stammers)
(blows raspberry)
Hi. (laughs)
I'll also show you from the back in just a second.
So you prep up, prepare,
you go to the corner.
When you go to the corner, then you lift out to second.
It's a little hard to do broken down like that.
We're gonna power through.
So we go up, prepare, corner lift.
(heavy thud)
All right, so from the back, prepare,
prep, corner lift. (thuds)
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So some of our ideas from the list
is your momentum, you guys.
Your momentum comes from your plie.
So every time you go corner, open,
and you rotate around, you're gonna plie again.
So you're always plieing at the corner.
Plie, lift, plie, lift.
You need to bend your knee and ground yourself
into the floor in order to have momentum to push out
to a straight leg.
Secondly, that left arm, for me,
because I'm doing a right-side turn,
needs to whip in.
If you're doing a left-side, right arm whips in.
You wanna make sure that your arm is coming in,
completing the circle of momentum,
and not lagging behind.
Because that will definitely slow you down
from getting around.
All right, so let's put some of those ideas into action.
So I really want you
to focus on plieing in the corner, spotting to the front
when we open up that leg to second,
finding your alignment, plieing into the floor...
(sighs heavily)
Oh, and using your arm for momentum, yes.
Okay?
Here we go, so really look at this arm
that's coming in, dancers.
And five, six, seven, and
up, my arm is whipping into my body.
Okay, so these floats.
All it is is essentially an a la seconde in suspension.
You're just floating around like it's no big deal.
Few tips for the float.
Your arms do come to a high fifth, generally.
You can kinda change up the arms.
But today we're doing a high fifth.
You don't want them to be directly
on top of your head or behind, even.
They need to be slightly in front of your body.
This way you have control of your core.
'Cause if you go behind, your ribcage comes out,
it's a hot mess, we're not gonna do that, okay?
Keep 'em slightly in front, squeeze your core,
neutral pelvis, so don't stick your booty out.
And that leg in a la seconde is slightly in front of you.
You'll (stammers).
What is going on with me today?
You'll notice that, for most of dance technique,
especially turns, you need to keep things
in front od your side body.
Because the moment things get
too far to the side or too far behind you,
you lose control of your core.
So that a la seconde leg is actually slightly
in front of your body.
So let me show you a float really fast.
I'm gonna go from the same prep
and just float around.
Ready, five, six, seven, and plie, float.
It's fun when you get it, yeah?
So you gotta squeeze, and this is really
where oppositional pull comes in.
'Cause if you noticed, I grew five more inches
in the float because I need to lift up
as my supporting leg pushes into the floor.
So, try that, and you can do it on its own,
just as I did from the prep, bum bum.
Or you can attach it to some a la secondes,
which is a little bit trickier,
and I'm gonna try and do that right now!
Okay, so I'm gonna do a couple
of a la secondes into a float.
Remember, shoulders down, chin up, tight core,
neutral pelvis, use your plie, use your arms,
spot (laughs), and above all have fun
after that giant list of to-dos.
Here we go and five, six, seven, and one.
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