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How to do Sautés — Easy Ballet Class

Some of the first jumps learned by a ballet student are the basic Sautés. Learning sautés in the 4 major positions of the feet is a stepping stone to many of the more complex jumps in ballet. The more coordinated you are when doing these basic steps, the faster you’ll be able to learn more difficult jumps. In this video we’ll be learning how to do basic Sautés. Let’s jump in! Sauté means that a step is performed while jumping. It is often combined with another word to indicate a specific kind of jump. A few examples are: saut de chat, soubresaut, échappé sauté. In ballet class, these basic sautés steps are often used in a warmup jump exercise to prepare your body for more physically challenging jumps. Basic Sautés can be done in first, second, fourth and fifth positions. All of these jumps follow the same sequence. First Demi plié, then Forcefully push off the floor extending knees and pointing toes, and finally land in a controlled manner back in a demi plié. This is a sauté in first. Notice that the legs don’t open out to the side. Your feet stay underneath your hips for the whole movement. Here’s a sauté in second. Make sure your feet start and end in a regular 2nd position. A smaller second positions gives you more power in jumps then large second positions. Here is a sauté in fifth position. With this one, in addition to thinking about starting and ending in fifth position, you also want to think about your feet being in a sou-sous position at the height of the jump. Sou-sous position is when you have one foot crossed right in front of the other so that the back foot is hidden by the front foot. Only the heel of the back foot should be visible. If you are a beginner, it is best to replace 5th position with 3rd position. This position is safer and easier if you haven’t built up the musculature and coordination to land in fifth position properly. This is sauté in fourth. With this one, really concentrate on keeping your fourth position small. There should be just a foot's length between your two feet. At the height of the jump your legs should be the same distance apart. Here are a few things to think about when doing any one of the sautés. Push off both feet equally. If done correctly you’ll end up landing with your weight evenly distributed between both legs. Also, you’ll end up landing in the same place you took off from. Make sure to maintain your turnout throughout the movement. Make sure to keep your knees tracking over your toes. If you train yourself to do this in simple jumps like these, it will carry over into more complex jumps. This will help you avoid knee and ankle injuries. Your feet should articulate through your metatarsals while you’re pushing off and when you’re landing the jump. The knees should be extended as soon as your toes are off the floor and stay extended until right before your toes touch again. Make sure that your plié when landing is a demi plié. Your heels should stay on the floor in your landing. Remember that these jumps should start and end with your feet in the same place. These jumps do not travel. Your spine should stay in it’s neutral alignment throughout the jump and landing. Don’t use the movement of the back to gain height. This is often called "pumping" the back. Although these jumps may seem simple, learning them is the preparatory step to learning more advanced and interesting steps. For instance basic sauté in first and second soon will translate into échappé sauté in first and second, basic sauté in fifth will translate into royals and entrechat quatres. Thanks for watching! Remember that the more you practice the better you’ll be. Enjoy dancing!