A female ballet dancer in a black leotard and skirt performs a battement fondu at a barre in a spacious dance studio. She balances on one leg with her arms gracefully extended and her other leg raised behind her. A male instructor in black clothing stands nearby, observing her with his hand resting on the barre. The studio has white walls, wooden paneling at the top, and shelves filled with ballet shoes in the background. A female ballet dancer in a black leotard and skirt performs a battement fondu at a barre in a spacious dance studio. She balances on one leg with her arms gracefully extended and her other leg raised behind her. A male instructor in black clothing stands nearby, observing her with his hand resting on the barre. The studio has white walls, wooden paneling at the top, and shelves filled with ballet shoes in the background.

Technique Tips with Renato Paroni de Castro | Battement Fondu

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Beginner-Intermediate
5 min
Refine your battement fondu technique with these helpful tips.

In this short class, English National Ballet repetiteur Renato Paroni de Castro goes through the technique of a battement fendu, or “to melt”.

ENBYouhCo Dancer Albertine Engelstad demonstrates while Reina Okada is on the piano.