Battements dégagés et battement piqué correspond to which description?

Battements dégagés et battement piqué correspond to which description?

• A. A half bending movement
• B. Linked together as a chain
• C. Shaded
• D. Disengaged beatings and a pricked beating

Answer: (D)

Battements dégagés and battement piqué describe two specific ways the working foot interacts with the floor in Cecchetti vocabulary. A dégagé is a disengaged battement: the foot slides from the ankle away from the supporting leg to a pointed, ready position with a clean lift off the floor, not brushing or pressing down. Battement piqué is a pricked beating: the foot makes a sharp, precise contact with the floor, as if the toe pricks the surface, before continuing the movement. Together they capture the idea of one action that is clearly disengaged and another that is a precise, pricked touch to the floor, which is exactly what the description indicates. The other options describe different concepts (a half-bending movement, a chain-like connection, or shading) that don’t match these specific battement qualities.

Battements dégagés and battement piqué describe two specific ways the working foot interacts with the floor in Cecchetti vocabulary. A dégagé is a disengaged battement: the foot slides from the ankle away from the supporting leg to a pointed, ready position with a clean lift off the floor, not brushing or pressing down. Battement piqué is a pricked beating: the foot makes a sharp, precise contact with the floor, as if the toe pricks the surface, before continuing the movement. Together they capture the idea of one action that is clearly disengaged and another that is a precise, pricked touch to the floor, which is exactly what the description indicates. The other options describe different concepts (a half-bending movement, a chain-like connection, or shading) that don’t match these specific battement qualities.