Improve Your Battement Frappé | Kathryn Morgan
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- For technique tips today, we discuss frappé which means "to strike". Frappé is the basis for many petit allegro jumps in the center of ballet class, and there are different ways to execute this step. The more classical RAD training requires a flexed foot while Balanchine training uses the wrapped position of sur le cou-de-pied. Hope this tips help you!
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I watched this last night and in the morning when I went to class my teacher nodded with a smirk at me for the first time without correcting anything while she was yelling at everyone else, thank you for being my secret weapon Kathryn!
I have had similar successes, after watching this site! Hooray!
Dope Dancer I literally had the same experience ❤️
Your videos are always just what I need! I can still barely frappé on most days so this is fantasticly helpful!
I'm so glad this helps! xo
Thank you so much for this! I'm new to ballet and am an adult. To be honest, I hate doing frappe haha but I'm trying to improve them.
They are an odd step to master! But you will get there!
Thanks Kathryn, great demo and explanation! Take care xxx
this was incredibly helpful. thank you!
Thanks a lot Katie! I am a french apprentice ballet dancer and I love your videos! Could you make a video on how To improve the leg extensions, arabesques and a la seconde?
Thank you! Yes I will. I have one currently, but it is old. I will do an updated one!
Could you do a video on hip strengthening
I will work on that! xo
Kttxxx Kttxxx yesss!!!
You tip about keeping it contained by only thinking of working from the knee down is very helpful, however don't forget the turnout when you move back from frappe front to the starting position. many students move only the foot back after frappe front and leave the knee, thus losing turnout.
Thankyou this is helping me so much!!!
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Yes! Frappe and Brise seem to fall into the same category. I was going to ask for Brise so this is fantastic news!!! Thanks again.
FINALLY A HELPFUL VIDEO THANK YOU
love your videos, as an adult dancer who started way too late I find these tips so helpful. Thanks, always looking forward to more.
I want to thank you so much Kathryn for this videos, I always learn so much. You are a great teacher!
Love from Italy!!
thank you for another helpful video here are some more ideas :) ronde de jambe jetes, lame ducks, frappes on releve, spotting, pas de cheval, temps de poisson, grand pas de chat, getting over the fears of turning on pointe
Thanks Kathryn! I've been wondering how you do them so fast.. I have trouble with frappé, this will help a lot, just need to practice. Congratulations for your wedding.
Thankyou this really helpsxx
I'm so glad!
uk. Thank you so much. I have always struggled with these, they are my bete noire, so always panic. This is SO very helpful. Ironically, I have been learning the flex foot version, but find the wrap that you demonstrate seems to come more naturally.....
Your hair looked is especially pretty here Katie!
Katherine your such a beautiful dancer . Thank you for posting
U are the best 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻thank you very much!
Fantastic Video. Thank you so much Katie. I was always struggeling with them. Especially the floor contact. Thanks 😘
Hi Katie , your videos never fail to help me and inspire me
Very clear! There is an other difference between frappé and balloné.
Frappé is "out"
Balloné is "in"
how to doubles, struggling with where it should change and frappe on pointe please! love all your videos, thank you so much for all your work. I do your barres and center classes every single day
« brisey, tour jetey, coupé jetey... dont worreyyy »😂😘😘
Can you please do a video on how to recover, mentally and physically, from an injury? LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!
Thank you so much for this ! This is so helpful ! I'm always struggling with frappés now I know how to improve them :) Also, just watched your wedding video, it was beautiful, looks magical ! Really happy for you !
I am so glad this is helpful! And thank you so much. It was truly an amazing day.
Hitting the floor while doing frappe is common for American ballet school. Russian school technique NEVER hits the floor. So not hitting the floor is not an incorrect technique, it’s a different technique. And it’s also not ballone either.
The character dance does use the “hitting the floor “ version of frappes, while flexing a foot at could de pied position.
Thanks. Think I will get back to adult ballet. Next week, here we come
Do a video of how to return from injuries! 😊
I never had RAD or SAB training, and we always did frappes with flexed feet.
So helpful! Can't wait for the Brisé one! Anyway you could do an advanced barre and center on pointe?
I will definitely work on doing an advanced barre and center on pointe!
Kathryn Morgan Yay, thank you!
This may be kind of a weird request, but can you do a video on flic flac? I always get lost when we're doing them in a combination at the barre, so seeing you do them would help a lot!
Oh my gosh, yes PLEASE! Flip flac en tournant is especially such a struggle for me.
Could you possibly do a video explaining different port the bras? I always get confused by them...
Could you do a video on how to stay in shape on break? We have a four week break before nutcracker and I wanna be as in shape as possible. Thanks!
I will work on that! xo
Could you do a video on Petit Allegro and how to manage bateaux?
My Russian teacher wants double frappes back and I just don't understand how I'm supposed to go thru Demi point in time
Thanks for the tips
I'm a 13 year old Dancer that's REALLY interested in ballet and I'm trying to learn more to get better. I have been doing barre work at home to help my balance, strerching to help my flexibility, feet strengthening, practicing tendus, and practicing my preparation for pirouettes and a la seconds and fouettes. I've been doing all of this at home ever since I became really interested in ballet (which was about a month ago) and I'm watching your videos to learn more too. The thing is I can only do what I'm doing at home right now because I'm not eligible to go to Ballet classes. @kathrynmorgan if you can make a video for ballet Dancers who can only be home taught to reply to this comment I would really appreciate it because I really want to be the best ballet Dancer I can be right now even tho I can't take any classses🤒🤒🤒
Bianca. yoncé I agree!!! How do you do pointe work???
Bianca. yoncé if you are unable to take classes because you aren't finding a studio that offers a class for your age and ability, I encourage you to keep looking. I recently did something similar to do gymnastics as an adult. The most difficult parts of being home taught in anything but especially something like dance or gymnastics are 1) you don't have a trained eye watching you for mistakes and 2) you don't have a trained eye watching you for safety. For example, without proper training it will never be safe to dance on pointe. Keep working hard and getting stronger, but most of all stay safe!
Bianca. yoncé I'm literally in the exact same position you're in, except I'm a little older...😕 What are some of the other videos you've found/people on TH-cam? Good luck!
I found Claudia Dean Coaching is really good. Sarah Arnold is kind of good, but her videos are less focused on technique like Kathryn/Claudia, and she is helpful mainly for strengthening purposes.
Thank you, Cheryl, for the shout out~ I am actually in the process of formulating a Q & A + some singular technique videos. I usually focus on the how, why and conditioning since that is most helpful to students to actually improve. I assume that they know the basic steps. I have been a ballet teacher for 34 years so I emphasize the actual how to do a step type video less. However, I realize that it is a good idea! :) I appreciate your feedback and enjoy both channels that you mention.
I'd also love a video for leg strengthening workouts which don't make the legs look too muscular or even bulky if you know what I mean :D x
Could you please help me with developpes a la seconde? I feel like I always grip my thighs and I've heard it's not a good thing
She has a video on improving developpes and focuses on not griping the thigh a lot in that. Hope this helps! :)
I have one currently, but I should do an updated video. Thank you for the suggestion!
Ollivanders1876 use inner thighs. You'll need to strengthen them first. And think of lengthening and rotating from the hips joint but don't twist your hips
i was literally just about to comment this😂👍🏼
And devant please
I'm 12 years old and I'm going on pointe this year and my mom was never a dancer so I was wondering if you had any tips for starting out and sewing your pointe shoes love this channel! Thank you❤️
Vaganova style doesn't strike the floor. It is the same exercise flat or releve which seems to make a lot more sense especially when advanced classes are all on releve. I doubt frappe is just about working on petite allegro jete when there are so many other steps.It is about striking the air with your foot. This keeps you aware of the point as you are doing so many steps where the foot needs to strike out with energy. . When you strike the floor it becomes about that action and working the pointed foot in the air becomes secondary. Of course I think Vaganova is the best training so I am biased.
Could you please do a video on how to get a solid second position en pointe?
Omg, I'm the first comment? Huh. I struggle so much with my frappes in class and I want to get better at them! Thanks Katie!
Thank you! Hope this helps! xoxo
Very informative, thank you :)
New video!!❤️❤️
This one was up later than I wanted, but it's up! xoxo
can you do another performance video like act three of sleeping beauty or any other variations, i really enjoy watching them
This is so helpful and I keep trying. I can do them slowly , but how do I learn them the tempo you do them at the barre?
Katie, as of the other day, I've quit ballet permanently. It's been my dream for nine years to become a professional dancer, but this past year I've been losing confidence and I've made the decision to quit. I'm really heartbroken, but I wondered if you might have any advice on moving on from this. Love u.
missparklez88 I'm not Katie but I offer my advice.
I know we pursue dreams and sometimes we can't fulfill them like we wanted. You have the world ahead to have other careers and hobbies but dance doesn't need to be just one or another. Is Ballet your passion? When I stopped thinking and getting frustrated to make to a company and focused in dancing it made my life so easier and happier. I improved so much and nowadays that I'm dancing a little less and teaching more I understand that we need to stop making us and students unhappy with ballet. It's a big tool and not everyone will be a company member or a principal dancer but we can enjoy ballet for what it can asks and give us.
I hope you find peace and be happy for being able to take classes. So many people wish they had had the opportunity to attend a class, to wear shoes, perform onstage and we both did more than that.
Stay well.
Could you please do a video on petit battement from flexed and wrapped? The frappe part is fine for me, but I'm having a hard time getting my speed up on the battement. Flexed is much easier than wrapped, but neither is really that great.
Thank you! It was very informative. Greetings from Russia ☺️
hello can you please make a video of ballet vocabulary. .. thank you so much!
What if you do Vaganova, russian style? Like the ballonné you showed at first, which you do not have the feet flexed, do I still hit the floor?
In my experience and training, you are always supposed to strike the floor. Now I never profess to know everything, so maybe it's different in the Vaganova style, but I have always been taught frappe hits the floor. When it doesn't, it becomes a ballonné. But again, Vaganova isn't my specialty!
Vaganova method does NOT strike. Frappé prepares us for jumps, and it doesn't make sense to drop the level of the leg. the point is to work from the thigh and keep the knee in the same position. dropping the leg to strike the floor is inefficient. balloné accent is IN, frappé accent is OUT.
I think in order to become a ballone it also requires a plie or a hop on the supporting leg, and yes, usually accents in, not out like in frappe. My new teacher who danced in Russia tells me they don't strike the floor in Vaganova but neither do they strike their jumps. So yes, for them the purpose of frappe is to learn to control the knee independently of the hip joint. Vaganova system also wraps.
Live ballet class pretty please!! Pointe!
Do u have any tips for a dancer who is going en pointe in 2 months (like how to prepare and strengthen and what to expect) btw ILYSM 💗💗
Perhaps you could do a video on conditioning your pointes? It would be very helpful. I started late in life, so I don't have the callused and sturdy pointes veteran students have. And of course, we male dancers don't have the luxury of wearing cushy pointe shoes. :P
Quick question: do you prefer leather ballet shoes, or canvas? Love your channel 😊
So hard to do . It’s own of the hardest . I’m a beginner adult beginner . I’ve only been practicing for a year now . I practice at home . And sometimes go to a studio ... I can’t get the hang of it .. just like Little jumps and travelling .
Hi Kathryn! I remember having a workout calendar online at the beginning of the year. Is that still going on?
we have to do frappés in relevé. how can I do the "strike" part there? I don't really get frappés, and lately I got the correction 'not to kick' but I still don't know what could be the correckt way to do it.
and I have a request too: do you have any tips to improve spotting? please share them because teachers keep telling me I'm not spotting correctly, and ruins my turns 😥
Damn teachers
Hi Kathryn, loved the video! I was wondering what to do if your parents want you to do something you don't enjoy a lot instead of taking an extra dance class? They just don't really understand that a 13 year old can know what they want to do as a career.
Can you do a video on helping to feel your turnout? I tend to grip in my hips or glutes and have trouble engaging my inner thighs. Thank you in advance!
Can you do a video on improving turn out?
I've struggled immensely with turn out for my entire life (19 now, dancing since age 4) and it seems like no matter how hard I try in class it just doesn't improve. I am slightly pigeon toed naturally but I pay close attention to it in class and it's one of my big dancing insecurities :( I need help!
Kathryn, I love you and your videos I have commented this before. But, I really want you to see it. I am 12 y o and I have only been in pre pointe for 6 months and I try to do therabands or other thing to help me but, all my friends are in pointe and it is very hard for me I am happy for them but I am always very sad.. My dream is to be a professional ballet dancer. Do you think I can even if I start pointe later?
Coupe jete! Yes!!!! Definitely do that next!!! Chasse coupe jete, coupe jete, coupe jete... And so on honestly a nightmare! I can never get height let alone an over split like my regular Grand jetes. And occasionally tend to and the chasse in-between every coupe jete. Which just gets me off the music and all jumbled up! Even if I focus on correct placement, and steps along with only starting with a chasse and not doing it repeatedly. Where is the height? And the over split? No where to be found.... Help XD.
Oh and more Q&As please!!! I've watched each one like 90 times. XD.
Yep! It is definitely the next one on the list! And I will write the rest of those down. And definitely more Q&A's! xoxo
Awww Thank you soo much for responding Kathryn!!!!!
What about when teachers give you a frappe combination and then say to do it en eleve? Is it not technically frappes then because you don't make contact with the floor?
Hi! Thanks for answering my previous question!
Now, I was hoping for some tips!
I'm struggling with spotting in turns.
I often forget to spot when i'm trying to be very technical. And my teacher keeps telling me to spot. As much as I try, I can either spot or do technique. They dont compute together in my head!
Do you have any tips to resolve this issue?
Thanks so much! :)
I hate frappés with a passion. I'm RAD and doing my grade 8 in 3 weeks. Luckily, we on my do frappés at the bar and we're not marked on it..
What about frappés on rise?
Am I also supposed to wrap in petit battements? I get confused every time I attempt to wrap
I love frappés but I learned it differently (russian technique, we don't touch the floor)
Hi Katie, I hope you and Eric (and your dogs!) are okay in the face of the approaching hurricane. Please give us a quick update if you can. Big hugs, and stay safe.
My frappé derrière is not fabulous. And I always lift my toes too much. Overflexed.
Does you still strike the floor if you are on demi pointe?
How does my friend who hasn't done much ballet,get extra training before gr4 ballet class starts?
And how do I do frappe on Demi pointe ?
Frappe is also a type of coffee. I just wanted to improve my coffee skills and that's how I stumbled upon your channel a while ago
What kind of ballet flats do you wear?
Can you make a turnouts video, my turn outs are not very good and I'm not sure how to work on that.
And you're awesome, I love your Chanel so much it really helps!!
I have an old turnout video - I will link it here for you. But I will work on doing an updated one! th-cam.com/video/Q4JU12Mn4_E/w-d-xo.html
Kathryn Morgan thank you so much!!!
Hi! I would love if you'd be able to help me out. I am an adult dancer who started about two years ago. I didn't dance this spring due to an injury, but I will dance this upcoming fall. The problem is, I love ballet, and my dance studio only offers one ballet class and it is for beginners and those who have about 1 year of experience. I don't feel like I'm "too good" for it yet, but I want to be challenged and know that I CAN move on, which unfortunately isn't a possibility at my current studio. The closest dance studio where I may be able to advance is about 1,15 hours away from where I live, and they offer classes 2 times a week. Would that be enough to really develop as a dancer? My dream is to go en pointe, but I know that with the ballet practice I get today, that won't happen. Also, I feel really sad because my biggest and only dream in life is to become a professional dancer but of course that won't happen. Do you have any encouraging words for me, and maybe some advice? Thanks for great videos!
You might have already done a video on this before, but do you have any tips for Lame Ducks? They feel SO AWKWARD in my body
I haven't done one yet! Thank you for the suggestion! I will definitely do a lame duck video!
I feel so bad for spamming this under all your videos omg but I really hope you see my comment, I wish (pun intended) you would check out wish.com if you don't know it already because you can get SO much ballet stuff there for insane prices, like pointe shoes for 6$, I can't imagine the quality is near good but most of the reviews are good actually - wouldnt it be a fun video to try out some of the ballet stuff they offer for a few dollars and tell us if it's actually good? Because even if it IS cheap many of us can't afford to buy things we don't know are worth it.. Anyways, always love your videos Katie! xx Keep up the great work
I hate frappe 😭