balletshorty Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hi All. I'm a newbie and I have a question about different method names. I was Russian trained, RAD qualified ten years ago and now learning ISTD imperial ballet (I love all things ballet) and I wonder if anyone can clarify the RAD->ISTD names of arms, including arabesques. I.e. I know bras bas is the same but what about the others and also arabesques too? Any help anyone can give me would be great, thank you in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan McNulty Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hello balletshorty and welcome to the Forum. I can't answer your questions but I am sure other people will be able to! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanprincess Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I don't have it with me right now but Gaynor Minden's "The Ballet Companion" has a lovely section on arabesques, with lots of pictures and explanations of which line applies to which method x 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletshorty Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 thank you that's great I will have to get that book! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drdance Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hi balletshorty (love the name!) - As for arms I can help with ISTD (Imperial) ballet! bras bas is the same, as is second / a la seconde, RAD 3rd is ISTD bras croise, RAD open 4th is ISTD attitude (although I'm not sure how they differentiate between which arm goes where! devant/derriere/ordinaire etc), RAD 4th crossed is ISTD attitude Greque and RAD 5th is ISTD En Couronne. I'm pretty sure the arabesques are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anjuli_Bai Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 I can only help with Cecchetti, Russian and French for arabesques, attitudes, arms and body positions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheila Beelam Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Hi Balletshorty and welcome Gaynor do a leaflet showing pics of all the arabesques and arm positions, along with the respective names under each ballet method. If you inbox me your address I'll pop it in the post to you As Swanprincess says, the GM ballet companion is also very good and as we sell it I would recommend it! We have more books coming in this weekend and also a sale starting 5pm tomorrow, online and in store. Sx 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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