Question by Adryenne: What is the ballet leap called that looks like the dancer is in the “scorpion” position?
I see it all the time in “Don Quixote.” Natalia Osipova performs it the best.
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Answer by mintchips49
Because it is a character leap, it really has no official name in ballet. It is often referred to as the Kitri jump or the Kitri Sissonne jump. Sort of a grande sout de chat in to a flick attitude back, or a grande sissone into a flick attitude back.
(Not to be confused with an attitude leap or stag leap as this is not a traveling leap but essentially static)
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Caitlin says
Depending on the dancers form, this is either a Kitri leap, which is not a characterized ballet leap, or a grand jete. And to the Rachel girl who answered earlier, this is not a Russian leap at all..
Rachel says
it is called a Russian leap its pretty much your over split in the air