DIRECTIONS DES GESTES ET MOUVEMENTS ( 姿勢與動作的方向)
舞蹈裡 , 所有手部的方向、活動腿的方位或是頭部與軀幹的傾斜、轉變 , 以及舞步的進行 , 分別以人體活動的三度空間 : 縱面、正面、橫向 , 三個不同的角度來看待 , 而有不同的稱謂 ; 每個圖形以四個面的 45 度對角線 , 再分隔成四條軸心線 , 分別精準地標示出各個不同的稱呼 . 所有用語均為精細地加以區別 , 並使用在舞步的描述 , 避免混淆與模糊不清 •
Directions of the Body
Croisé (Crossed Alignment) - When in either fifth or fourth position (positions where the legs are crossed) and the dancer is facing towards the front corner of the stage; croisé is where the audience would see the legs crossing. Another way to describe it is to say that if in this position the hip of the front leg is towards the audience then the dancer is in croisé.
En Face - This is standing facing the audience, wwith the feet in any position. This has some similarities to À la seconde.
Effacé (Open Alignment) - This the opposite of croisé. Again when the feet are in fifth or forth position and the dancer is facing towards the front corner of the stage, effacé is where the audience would see open legs, i.e. not crossed. Another description is to say the hip of the front leg is facing away from the audience.
Seconde, à la - To the second position. The foot is to be placed in the second position, or a movement is to be made to the second position.
Écarté (Separated or thrown wide apart) - The best way to describe this is probably to imagine À la seconde but facing one of the corners. The arms are held en attitude.
These combine to give you the 8 directions: croisé devant, en face devant, effacé devant, À la second, croisé derrière, en face derrière, effacé derrière, écarté.
Directions of Movement
Devant - This term may refer to a step, movement or the placement of a limb in front of the body. In reference to a particular step, the addition of the word devant implies that the working foot is closed in the front.
Derrière - This term may refer to a movement, stepp or placement of a limb to the rear. In reference to a particular step, the addition of derrière implies that the working foot is closed to the rear.
En Avant - Used to indicate that a given step is eexecuted moving forward.
En Arrière - Used to indicate that a step is executeed moving backwards.
En Dedans (Inwards) - Some people try to describe this in terms of clockwise or anticlockwise, but that doesn't really work as it changes depending on which is the supporting leg. This is more of a feeling rather then a specific movement, i.e. the feeling of turning in on yourself. The best way to describe this would be to say the working leg (the one that is making the movement) comes from the back to the front, coming around inwards towards the supporting leg.
En Dehors (Outwards) - Unsurprisingly this is just the opposite direction to En Dedans, so it means the working leg travels from the front to the back, moving outwards from the supporting leg around to the back.
In either case if there is no supporting leg, in terms of something like a jump from both feet, it is done in relation to the front foot.
