How To Do A Ballet Faille

Okay, so I'm going to show you a faille. A faille is an allegro step. It can be used either in a petit allegro or maybe a medium sized allegro step.

We will start your faille. You will start in a closed fifth position on croise so you're facing the corner with the legs crossed in front this way. You then plie, you're going to take it into a jump and the legs are going to be glued together as you bend your body ever so slightly, so the legs go away from you as you change your direction your body faces and then you come into a chasse on fourth with your arms in first position here.

So if I go through that again, you plie, the legs glue together as you jump up and then you slide through into fourth position with your arms in first. So, to take that into your jump, you're going to plie and faille. To show you again, you plie and faille and you can do that movement in continuation.

So, from here and step, plie and then go to the other side and plie, and that's how to do your faille. So, the important bit to remember about your faille is to glue the legs together as you go into your jump. So from your plie here, you're going to make sure the legs stick together as you change your direction.

So, you can see there's a moment of them being held in the air as you turn your body, when your legs end up being slightly behind you. So if I show you that one more time, you're going to plie, change the body direction as you jump. And that's how to do your faille. .