[Dance Analysis Thread]

Oooooh a grand jeté??
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In ballet, there are several types of jumps. Probably the most basic is the temps levé, which is a jump from one foot that lands on the same foot while the other leg is raised in the air - typically in arabesque.
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It’s really difficult to see Jimin’s full jump here, but instead of keeping his front leg under him, it looks as if he throws it to the front. When you jump off your back leg, throwing your front leg to the front, that’s known as a grand jeté. #JIMIN

There are a couple different ways to do a grand jeté. Probably the most common, and the easiest to achieve a full split in the air, is one where you kick out your front leg from a bent (retiré) position.

The other way to do a grand jeté is with a straight front leg which you brush out in front of you to gain momentum and air time. It looked to me that Jimin’s jeté had more of a straight leg entry, but again - really hard to see from the angle and lighting!

Also, we’ve talked about grand jetés before! But we were talking about a third kind - the grand jeté en tournant! https://twitter.com/jiminuncut/status/1198067010569146368

We would love to see some more grand jetés from #JIMIN in the future!