Brisé [bree-ZAY]
Broken, breaking. A small beating step in which the movement is broken.
Brisés are commenced on one or two feet and end on one or two feet. They
are done dessus, dessous, en avant and en arrire. Fundamentally a brisé
is an assemblé beaten and traveled. The working leg brushes from the
fifth position to the second position so that the point of the foot is a
few inches off the ground, and beats in front of or behind the other
leg, which has come to meet it; then both feet return to the ground
simultaneously in demi-plié in the fifth position.
Brisé volé [bree-ZAY vaw-LAY]
Flying brisé. In this brisé the dancer finishes on one foot after the
beat, the other leg crossed either front or back. The foundation of this
step is a fouetté movement with a jeté battu. In the Russian and French
Schools the raised leg finishes sur le cou-de-pied devant or derrière
and the brisé volé is done like a jeté battu. In the Cecchetti method,
the working foot passes through the first position to the fourth
position, the calves are beaten together and on alighting the free leg
is extended forward or back with a straight knee.
