Vaganova’s 1946 Russian/Soviet ballet film: Method of Classical Dance – Методика классического танца

In note 3 of the Supplement section of her Basic Principles of Classical Ballet, Agrippina Vaganova writes: “In order to preserve all our achievements for posterity it is necessary to resort to the aid of the motion picture, which will be a great contribution to the immortalization of our art. The years are passing by, and we hope that our achievements, registered on film, will aid future generations to learn and perfect themselves. In the not too distant future our first experience in this field will be shown to a wide public: pictures of the methodology of classical ballet at the Moscow and Leningrad Ballet Schools. This film will be a scientific aid in outlying districts as well.“ This is that film. TABLE OF CONTENTS 00:00 Titles 01:13 Credits begin 01:31 Agrippina Vaganova and Nikolai I. Tarasov 02:08 Olga Lepeshinskaya, Asaf Messer, Yuri Fayer 02:30 Lidiya Rafailova, Natalia Kamkova, Lidia Tyuntina 02:52 Introduction 04:30 Training begins at 6 years old with setting the legs, hands, and head 05:30 Starting leg positions 05:57 First position 06:17 Second position 06:31 Third position 06:43 Fifth position 07:00 Fourth position 07:21 Hands 08:27 Basic arm positions 09:42 SECTION I: Barre exercise 11:35 Demi-plié 12:48 Battement tendu 15:23 Battement tendu jeté 16:03 Battement tendu soutenu 16:55 Rond de jambe 19:00 Petit battement sur le cou-de-pied 20:05 Battement frappé 21:51 Double battement frappé 23:31 Battement fondu 25:40 Battement relevé lent 25:25 Bolshoi battement 28:47 Grand plié 31:09 Développé 35:06 Rond de jambe en l’air 36:44 Cambré 37:47 Port de corps 40:19 SECTION II: Adagio 40:49 Poses of the body: en face, attitudes, arabesques, écarté 46:39 Turns 48:52 Pirouette 52:36 Posed pirouette or “Bolshoi pirouette“ 54:01 Fouetté 58:56 SECTION III: Pointe 59:22 Movements performed while in relevé en pointe 01:03:19 Movements performed while rising en pointe 01:07:30 Jumps while en pointe 01:08:34 Turns en pointe 01:14:44 SECTION IV: Allegro 01:15:10 Sauté (jumps from two feet) 01:17:10 Assemblé (jumps from one foot to two) 01:18:07 Auxiliary steps (glissade, chassé, pas de bourrée, passé) 01:20:34 Jeté (jumps from one foot to the other) 01:27:53 Sissonne (jumps from two feet to one) 01:33:13 Temps levé (jumps from one foot to the same foot) 01:37:10 SECTION V: Batterie 01:37:37 Entrechat 01:39:02 Pas battu 01:42:22 Tours en l’air 01:44:54 Demonstration by Asaf Messerer (Асаф Мессерер)