CLASSIQUE - Variation n°3 - Épreuves de danse 2025

I wanted this variation to be easy for the student to memorise, both choreographically and musically. 

With a few Balanchinian borrowings to induce breathing and freedom of the spine, but also the notion of lines or directional gaze.

The powerful chords in the opening give students the chance to assert themselves with a simple port de bras, and the pas marchés in the adage section encourage them to become aware of their breathing as they move. 

Depending on the age, years of practice and level of your students, feel free to adapt this variation. 

For example, the soubresaut at the beginning can be omitted (leaving room for a tendu plié before the glissade jeté); the number of déboulés to take up the initial theme is up to you and your students. Finally, the tour en l’air at the end can be taken directly after the shortened jeté finished in fourth position, by directly developing the leg in front to piqué ramasser in fifth position on demi-pointes and allowing a considerable amount of preparation time before the final point of the variation.

Wishing every teacher and every dancer good luck with this learning process, always keep in mind the most important thing… the joy of dancing!

Aurélia SCHAEFER