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| Arabesque (cont.)
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| The Russian Arabesques (Vaganova), (see illustrations, page 128).
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| First arabesque. The body is supported on one leg with the other lifted
| at a right or greater angle to the supporting leg. The body is inclined
| forward from the waist with a strongly arched back. The arm on the side
| of the supporting leg is extended forward and the other taken out to the
| side a little behind the second position.
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| Second arabesque. The body and legs are the same as in the first arabesque
| but the arms are reversed. That is, the arm on the side of the supporting
| leg is taken back far enough to be seen behind the body while the other
| arm is extended forward. The head is turned toward the audience.
|
| Third arabesque. This arabesque faces diagonally toward the audience.
| The supporting leg is nearer the audience with the other raised
| in croisé derrière at right angles to the supporting leg.
| The body is inclined forward with the arm opposite the
| supporting leg extended forward on a level with the
| shoulder and the other arm extended to the side.
| The head is turned toward the forward arm.
|
| Fourth arabesque. The legs are in the same position
| as in the third arabesque but the arms are reversed
| and held at shoulder level. The arm on the side of
| the supporting leg is brought forward and the other
| arm taken back far enough to be seen behind the back.
| The body is half turned away from the audience by the
| strong arching of the back, with the head turned toward
| the audience.
|
| Gail Grant,
|'Technical Manual And Dictionary Of Classical Ballet',
| Third Revised Edition, Dover, New York, NY, 1982.
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