I have missed a couple of weeks! My apologies. The last two weeks have been really busy in my department.
This one is not so much physically difficult; it is just outside the realm of what we normally do and requires some speed and coordination.
Location: Center
Combination: Petit allegro
Step: The full combination involved a lot of cissones--this particular one was after a large sissonne ouverte to croise with the back leg in attitude, and then two running steps and an assemble. And then sissonne fermee a la seconde towards the front leg, turning a quarter turn (and changing legs, as one is wont to do), sissonne fermee to the front leg turning another quarter, sissonne with another quarter, sissonne to face front again. Tada!
Challenge: Since this was at speed, doing tidy sissonnes is challenging, but also coordinating the turning and the arms and the head.
Success?: I'm pretty sure I got it; at least, I turned the right direction and ended up with the correct foot in front.
Tip: For speed, like the teacher described, think of being in a box and not doing one of the grand sissonnes that you may be more accustomed to. That way you won't travel too much, and it'll be easier to switch directions and turn on the next jump.
For coordination... well... practice? XD that's totally unhelpful. Also, if you can't do side to side sissonnes rapidly WITHOUT turning, do master those first. The turning is somewhat natural if you follow the line of the sissonne; for example, jumping towards the left, you bring your left shoulder backwards (so you turn counterclockwise, viewed from above). Then you just keep moving your left shoulder back for all the jumps.
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