Scissor Jeté: THE Most Difficult Ballet Step?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.พ. 2025
- Thanks to Mark-David Bloodgood, Carlos Gonzalez, Roman Meija, Takumi Miyake for help on the names of the steps.
One of my favorite steps for men is a scissor jeté and its variant with a full turn. When done well these are spectacular, a whirlwind of complicated movement, all done in about a second. The step, particularly with a full turn makes ballet fans gasp in appreciation and say, “WOW!!! That was great! What is it? This video breaks down these complicated steps to their basic elements to give ballet fans and dancers an appreciation of the steps. I provide preeminent examples from some of the world’s finest dancers.
Sources
Ethan Stiefel, Angel Corella Le Corsaire clips: American Ballet Theatre Le Corsaire DVD, Image Entertainment, 1998
Angel Corella Swan Lake clip: American Ballet Theatre Swan Lake DVD, Image Entertainment, 2005
Leonid Sarafanov clip: Mariinsky Ballet Don Quixote DVD, Decca, 2006
Farouk Ruzimatov clip: Kirov Ballet Don Quixote DVD, Kultur Video, 1988
Daniil Simkin clip: @daniilsimkin Ballet - Maria Kochetkova & Daniil Simkin - 'Le Corsaire' Pas de Deux
Farouk Ruzimatov photo: Wikipedia, Farouk-Rouzimatov-Фарух-Садуллаевич-Рузиматов-blue1310-photo-photographe-photographer-ballet-requiem-mozart
Thumbnail of Ethan Stiefel: calisphere.org...
All other photos from my photography website nonmydayjobphotography.com:
Ethan Stiefel Le Corsaire curtain call photos: final ABT performance, July 7, 2012; Giselle, July 12, 2008
Angel Corella Swan Lake curtain call photos: final ABT performance, June 28, 2012; with Nina Ananiashvili, Don Quixote, June 14, 2008
Leonid Sarafanov performance photos: Mikhailovsky Ballet dress rehearsals in Flames of Paris and Giselle, Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, November 2014