- We're leaping.
Today we're doing our Saut de Chat,
which are your fancy word for "jump of the cat,"
AKA your ballet leaps.
All those leaps that you see in movies
where the ballerina's like, going.
She's lifting, the man of her dreams is in the audience.
Or what's that one really cute, the cartoon?
I think it's literally called Leap.
My boyfriend Denise watches it
and she loves it, and she does this gigantic leap.
It's a Saut de Chat, you're gonna do it today,
your fairytale dreams are coming true.
You do need space for this
and maybe go to a back yard, go to a park, go to a studio
but if you're young, take a chaperone with you.
Love you guys, let's do this.
All right so, what people don't tell you in those movies
is there is a whole prep that comes before
that gigantic gorgeous leap.
And it's your Tombe Pas de Bourree Glissade.
So, your Glissade is this little baby guy,
this little baby jump that leads up to your big one.
Your Tombe Pas de Bourree is a fall and a back side front.
You're like "That means nothing to us, show it."
All right, here we go.
We're gonna start in in what's called B plus.
So your knees are connected,
that back foot is in a Coupe position, kind of like this.
Now, another way to do a B plus
is to straighten that back leg,
it depends who your teacher is
and it depends what technique of ballet they teach you.
For me, I was taught with a bent knee.
Arms en Barre, this is how you begin.
Now, your Tombe Pas de Bourree looks like this.
Tombe Pas de Bourree.
Let's start with just the arms.
Six, seven, and Tombe Pas de Bourree.
So it opens up to a second position
and then slowly comes down to en Barre.
Again, six, seven, and Tombe Pas de Bourree.
Now that you have the pretty Port de Bras,
let's work on our feet,
so forget about your arms for a second.
You step on the foot that was bent back.
Step and fall.
Now you have a nice Plie here,
the back leg is lifted about 45 degrees.
It's nice and straight and pointed.
You're gonna step in the back.
Front foot steps to the side.
This side steps to the front.
That's your Pas de Bourree, back, side, front.
Again, five, six, seven and step,
fall, back, side, front.
Let's combine the arms and the legs.
B plus, six, seven, and Tombe Pas de Bourree.
Six, seven, and open, arms come down.
Now that you have your Tombe Pas de Bourree
we're gonna add our Glissade.
This Glissade does not change feet,
so it's you Glissade Sans Changer.
Sans Changer.
We're here, six, seven, and Tombe, back, side, front.
Which foot's in front Brayden?
- [Brayden] Left.
- Left, good answer.
So my left foot's gonna stay in front.
I brush the back leg, brush, brush, down.
So I like Plie, brush, brush, Plie.
Every jump lands in a Plie to protect your little
♪ Head shoulders knees and toes ♪
But for real, that was your ankle, your toes yes.
Tombe Pas de Bourree Glissade.
Have some patience, we're getting there you guys.
Six, seven, and Tombe, back side front,
Glissade your arms take a little breath up.
And down.
Guys, it's time.
It's time to describe the big leap.
Okay you have your Tombe, you have your Pas de Bouree,
you have your Glissade.
So you're now here, you're waiting,
you're about to do the most gorgeous leap.
This back leg is going to Developpe,
so it develops from a bent knee
to a straight knee in front of you.
And your back leg becomes nice and straight.
Now you wanna think you're jumping over a hurdle,
over a pot, over your puppy that has no spacial awareness
and you don't wanna trip on him.
Shout-out Milo, okay.
Jump onto that front foot.
Developpe, jump onto it, straighten the back leg.
Your arms are going to a third position.
This is a very Giselle ballet, very ethereal.
You're making kind of like a... (smacking)
I dunno, like a little shark or something,
like a triangle but the elbows are soft, okay?
Your hands in your little ballet hands.
Middle finger to thumb without touching.
Breath up, your upstage hand is the one that's higher.
That way you don't cover your beautiful face.
Step, third Arabesque.
There is a lot of different arms,
different Port de Bras that you can do for your leaps
but I love them in third position, or third Arabesque.
So, B plus, we go Tombe Pas de Bourree,
bush, Glissade, and leap.
I know what you're thinking.
"Miss Auti, we wanna see your big leap."
Well you're gonna see it, but we gotta move, let's go.
Hello.
Guys, we came to the big room
so I could show you my Saut de Chat.
Your Tombe Pad de Bourree and Glissade
and Saut de Chat, so that whole transition up to your leap
are gonna start out really small.
When you get more comfortable,
you're gonna be able to take up more space
and it's gonna truly look like a
Grand (echoing drowns out speech) big jump.
Here we go.
You ready people?
Ready Brayden? (laughing)
Six, seven, and...
(loud footseps)
Let's do it in slow mo.
(uplifting music)
Guys, I'm so prod of you.
You did your stunning, beautiful, Saut de Chat.
Be kind to yourself, it's not going to be this gigantic,
powerful leap from the start.
You have to work up to it.
But make sure that you're doing the right technique
and building a strong foundation
so that you can have a stunning Saut de Chat.
Really fast, I wanna give a shout-out to my friend, Andrea,
who makes really cool custom jewelry.
She did not ask me to plug this,
I just realized, I'm wearing her necklace,
I found this shell and she made a really cool,
can you see it?
She made a really cool necklace for me.
And she does really awesome stuff,
her Instagram is Artability619.
She's based in San Diego,
but you can custom order literally anything from her.
So if you're like me and you like,
like kind of hippy, boho-ey shells and stones
and all those kinds of things, check her out.
(panting) I'm out of breath.
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We love you guys so much,
thank you for letting us do what we do,
hope you guys enjoy this vlog,
let me know whatever else you would like
and that's about it.
See you later alligators. (blows kiss)
(uplifting music)