Les Petits Ballets News

Les Petits Ballets, celebrating 40 + years providing the Ottawa community with exceptional ballet training.

Ballon - Achieving Enviable Jumps

 Ballon - A ballet term that refers to a dancer appearing to hover in the air when performing a jump. This light-weight and airy quality in allegro work is highly desired in ballet as it adds to the illusion of ease and weightlessness while dancing. Although it makes jumps appear effortless, achieving enviable ballon actually takes a lot of ef...

Continue reading
  3838 Hits