I am a ballerina converted to a gymnast, so this confused me a lot.
In ballet, a chasse* is when you point your foot out in front of you, step on it, jump into the air with your feet together/ toes pointed, land on your back foot, and step forward. If you are doing multiple chasses in a row, then the step at the end would just lead right into the next one, but when you are doing just one, the step is considered part of the chasse. So say you where doing chasse step leap; chasse on your right foot, step on your left, leap on your right.
So, I thought it was the same in gymnastics, until the other day. Our coach told us to do chasse step step switch leap, so I chassed on my good leg in order to begin the switch leap with my bad leg, but my coach told me to chasse on my bad leg and stop taking an extra step.
This confused me a lot. Do gymnasts count the step at the end of a chasse as a separate thing, or was my coach just confused (as he is not a big dance person)?
*Not completely sure I spelled this correctly, as it is French... pronounced "sha-say"
In ballet, a chasse* is when you point your foot out in front of you, step on it, jump into the air with your feet together/ toes pointed, land on your back foot, and step forward. If you are doing multiple chasses in a row, then the step at the end would just lead right into the next one, but when you are doing just one, the step is considered part of the chasse. So say you where doing chasse step leap; chasse on your right foot, step on your left, leap on your right.
So, I thought it was the same in gymnastics, until the other day. Our coach told us to do chasse step step switch leap, so I chassed on my good leg in order to begin the switch leap with my bad leg, but my coach told me to chasse on my bad leg and stop taking an extra step.
This confused me a lot. Do gymnasts count the step at the end of a chasse as a separate thing, or was my coach just confused (as he is not a big dance person)?
*Not completely sure I spelled this correctly, as it is French... pronounced "sha-say"