. Exercises for ladies; . performed by de-taching the extended leg outward and upwardas far as convenient, letting it again fall intothe fifth position, and crossing either behind orbefore. Grands battemens may also be made eitherforwards, or backwards; and they are then calledbattemens en avant, or battemens en arriere. In battemens en avant, the right leg, with theknee straight, is, with a jerk, raised from thefifth position into the fourth in front, as high asthe left knee; keeping the toes pointed, and thefoot in the same position as if on the ground(See Plate XXVI, Jig. 2), and letting th
. Exercises for ladies; . performed by de-taching the extended leg outward and upwardas far as convenient, letting it again fall intothe fifth position, and crossing either behind orbefore. Grands battemens may also be made eitherforwards, or backwards; and they are then calledbattemens en avant, or battemens en arriere. In battemens en avant, the right leg, with theknee straight, is, with a jerk, raised from thefifth position into the fourth in front, as high asthe left knee; keeping the toes pointed, and thefoot in the same position as if on the ground(See Plate XXVI, Jig. 2), and letting theleg fall back into the fifth position in front. Theleft leg remains steady, the knee straight, and thewhole weight of the body upon it. In battemens en arriere, the right foot is thrownup behind in the fourth position (See PlateXXVI, Jig. 3), the same circumstances beingattended to as in the battemens en avant, andgreat attention being paid to prevent the bodyinclining forward. In performing the battemens en avant and en. BATTEMENS IN POSITION. 113 arriere, professional dancers raise the foot muchhigher. Petits battemens, or battemens on the secondposition, are performed in the same way, but in-stead of raising the leg into the air, we only de-tach it a little from the other leg, without lettingthe toe leave the ground. For this purpose, thepupil, at first supporting herself as in bending,must pass the foot into the second position (SeePlate XXVII, fig. 1), the knee being kept per-fectly straight, must draw it back into the fifthposition before, pass it again into the secondposition, and draw it into the fifth behind, re-peating this until she can perform these batte-mens with correctness, ease and rapidity. In petits battements on the instep, it is the hipthat prepares the movements: the muscles of thehip guide the thigh in its openings, and the hipjoint by its rotation directs the foot, while the kneeby its flexion, performs the battemens, making thelower part of the leg cro
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