”A fouetté turn (or fouetté en tournant) begins with the performer standing on one flat foot in plié (with knee bent). The working leg is extended and whipped around (fouetté is French for "whipped") to the side and then, once extended to maximum turnout, bent and pulled in to a passe or retiré position. The foot beats behind the knee and then to the front of the knee of the supporting leg before extending back out to the front. At the same time, the supporting foot transitions to relevé (heel raised), in ballet often rising to en pointe (on toe tips). These movements create the angular momentum needed for one turn, which is executed by rotating in place on the supporting foot.“
This video includes Smirnova, Stepanova, Nikulina, Stashkevich, Krysanova, Obraztsova, Shipulina, Zakharova, Osipova, Kaptsova, Lunkina, Alexandrova, Allash, Antonicheva, Stepanenko, Ryzhkina, Gracheva, Ananiashvili, Mikhalchenko, N.Pavlova, Semenyaka, Bessmertnova, Maximova, and Plisetskaya. They perform Don Quixote, Swan Lake, and other ballets.
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00:00 Olga Smirnova - La Fille du Pharaon
https://youtu.be/H_aBgB-dVwU
00:22 Yulia Stepanova - Etudes
https://youtu.be/kFECNADJBfo
00:39 Anna Nikulina - Swan Lake
https://youtu.be/FDpl42Cjoxw
01:05 Anastasia Stashkevich - Marco Spada
https://youtu.be/E3BTeaR_9ys
01:23 Ekaterina Krysanova - Le Corsaire
https://youtu.be/rgfU2Fqj7zI
01:52 Evgenia Obraztsova - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/eB9Grb7iq3M
02:17 Ekaterina Shipulina - The Legend of Love
https://youtu.be/oYTIeqBbfow
02:46 Svetlana Zakharova - Swan Lake
https://m.youku.com/alipay_video/id_XMzQwODA3NzcyNA==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuUgc_18.dtitle
03:17 Natalia Osipova - Don Quixote
https://m.youku.com/alipay_video/id_XNDEwNTI4ODM5Ng==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuUgc_38.dtitle
03:42 Nina Kaptsova - The Golden Age
https://m.youku.com/alipay_video/id_XMTc2Njc1ODk3Ng==.html?spm=a2h0c.8166622.PhoneSokuUgc_5.dtitle
04:00 Svetlana Lunkina - Le Corsaire
https://youtu.be/5_V-_BvimSc
04:25 Maria Alexandrova - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/eqyv8wG5Uck
04:52 Maria Allash - Swan Lake
https://youtu.be/mFuPyG8vj6s
05:24 Anna Antonicheva - The Golden Age
https://youtu.be/FLIdi6fet8Q
05:45 Galina Stepanenko - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/SKelmIa5Km4
06:17 Marianna Ryzhkina - Diana and Acteon
https://youtu.be/vRAFp_bXuCY
06:33 Nadezhda Gracheva - Le Corsaire
https://youtu.be/dHvGJ4hmlMo
07:05 Nina Ananiashvili - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/cixPJDEa9O0
07:32 Alla Mikhalchenko - Swan Lake
https://youtu.be/FAP4SJYOX9g
08:01 Nadezhda Pavlova - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/OKdtKbdjkCI
08:31 Ludmila Semenyaka - Swan Lake
https://youtu.be/jUbGAisoPjY
09:04 Natalia Bessmertnova - Swan Lake
https://youtu.be/CxgI-PvndX4
09:37 Ekaterina Maximova - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/BoWNnB1bxXA
10:06 Maya Plisetskaya - Don Quixote
https://youtu.be/VkSmyWpoQRo