This term serves as the title of a 1990 Joseph Turrin composition for two B flat instruments and a brass band, as well as a Germaine Tailleferre piece for clarinet and piano.
This term serves as the title of a 1990 Joseph Turrin composition for two B flat instruments and a brass band, as well as a Germaine Tailleferre piece for clarinet and piano. In the "Solor's dream" scene from La Bayadere, a mass of shades rushes the stage one by one and repeatedly performs them, employing both the forward-leaning penchee variant and the allongee variant, in which the arms are extended to form a line parallel to the stage. The Cechetti method classifies them under five main positions, while the Vaganova, or Russian, school of dance only uses four. FTP, identify this ballet pose, whose basic definition calls for the performer to stand on one leg and extend the other one behind the body at a 90 degree angle, and whose name comes from the posed dancer's resemblance to a Moorish ornament.
This term serves as the title of a 1990 Joseph Turrin composition for two B flat instruments and a brass band, as well as a Germaine Tailleferre piece for clarinet and piano.
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