Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet by Gail Grant

Author:Gail Grant
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2013-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

Hands. See Positions of the hand (Cecchetti method).

Haut, en [ahn oh]. High. Used to indicate a high position of the arms. As, for example, in cinquième position en haut.

Hauteur, à la [a lah oh-TUHR]. To the height. A term of the French School. A position in which the working leg is raised at right angles to the hip. As, for example, in quatrième devant à la hauteur, which is the same as à la quatrième devant en l’air or grande quatrième devant.

Head movements (Cecchetti method). (1) When traveling forward on alternate feet the dancer inclines his head slightly toward the shoulder corresponding to the foot that is advanced. When traveling backward on alternate feet the dancer inclines his head slightly toward the shoulder opposite to the foot that makes the step backward. In some steps traveled forward, when épaulement is used, the head is not inclined, but instead is slightly turned toward the forward shoulder.

(2) When the dancer faces front and executes a rond de jambe à terre en dehors, the head is inclined to the side opposite to the foot that makes the movement. When the dancer faces front and executes a rond de jambe à terre en dedans, the head is inclined to the same side as the foot that makes the movement.

(3) When the dancer faces front and turns his body away from the audience to the right or left, the head inclines toward the side to which he turns, as in a series of échappés to the second position.

(4) In turning movements such as pirouettes, the head is the last part to leave the front of the room as the body turns and the first to arrive as the body completes the turn (see Spotting).

Head movements (Russian School). In the Russian School there is an unwritten rule, with a few exceptions, never to dance with the body en face. Épaulement is used and the head is always turned in the direction of the forward shoulder.

Head positions. See Positions of the head.

Hortensia [awr-tahn-SYAH]. A male dancer’s step in which the dancer jumps into the air with the legs drawn up, one in front of the other, then reverses their position in the air several times before landing with the feet apart again. The legs do not beat.

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