| Battement frappes is always included in the daily | | | | challenge to the working lower leg. |
| routines of barre work. It is a simple looking but finely | | | | A rapid fire succession of single frappes en croix |
| detailed movement benefiting both working and | | | | without the barre is a challenge to the core muscles, |
| supporting leg. | | | | the turnout of both legs, and the body weight remaining |
| Battement frappe imitates the movement of a jump - | | | | stable over the supporting leg. |
| from a demi plie to a full stretch of the leg and foot. By | | | | An extra challenge is the battement frappe a la arriere |
| the strike of the ball of the foot on the floor, there is a | | | | - behind you. It's a fast change of pelvic postiton, and |
| quick sharp finish to the movement, like when your | | | | recovery, relying on the whole body to remain stable |
| feet, then toes, push off the floor in a succession that | | | | over the supporting leg. It imitates an assemble |
| is almost too quick for the eye to see. | | | | travelling backwards - you must degage with a strong |
| The foot then is drawn in quickly to the coupe de pied | | | | brush to the back, jump, change the body position of |
| position - and maybe rapidly taken out and into another | | | | the pelvis slightly, stay strong in the core, relaxed in the |
| coupe de pied position - imitating the rhythm of a battu. | | | | neck and arms, and then land assembled, everything |
| This develops the strength in the adductor muscles, the | | | | back in place. |
| insides of the legs. Besides battus, it gives quality to | | | | The endless repetition of the finely detailed daily |
| brises, assemble and petit jetes battus, and quick | | | | routines make the effortless classical presentations |
| cabrioles. | | | | possible. |
| A rapid fire succession of single frappes en croix is a | | | | |