Level: Foundation II | Duration: 47 minutes | Equipment required: barre and safety for jumps
This video introduces the Pas de chat, or ‘leap of the cat’. You’ll learn how to properly use your legs and feet in and out of the Pas de chat, while also emphasizing the important placement and movement of the Retiré to the back with a Développé à la seconde.
In this lesson you will learn:
- Where to place your toes in two different versions of a Retiré derrière
- To work the développé and Enveloppé à la seconde from Retiré derrière
- The basics of a ‘Pas de chat’ jump
- Four different versions of the Pas de chat
Instructors: Hannah Mae Cruddas, Momoka Matsui, Callum McGregor
Required Skills:
123 – Petit Développé & Enveloppé – Front and Side
141 – Retiré, Attitude, Développé and Enveloppé à la seconde