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By Dancerooni


On Sun May 01, 2005 06:47 PM
A lot of people in the Midwest call them capezios.
I saw someone up there mention it too, so at least it's out there.
The term "stag" is becoming more popular though.
I saw someone up there mention it too, so at least it's out there.
The term "stag" is becoming more popular though.

By NadiaLadida




On Mon May 02, 2005 09:14 AM
In ballet it is called Grand Jete en Tournant in attitude. I call it the same in jazz.
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By urpalmal
By urpalmal
On Mon May 02, 2005 07:12 PM
I have heard both calypsos and single stags 


By NadiaLadida




On Mon May 02, 2005 09:28 PM
But a stag leap is a grand jete with the front leg in plie or bent. Both legs bent is double stag, but what makes the jete a stag is always the front leg in plie.

By Arak




On Tue May 03, 2005 01:57 PM
Being primarily a ballet dancer, I also call it grand jete en tournant in attitude. I have heard the term Baryshnikov in reference to this step in passing, though. And I am sure that, like everything else not standardized, local vernacular has different names for it.
Stag leaps generally don't involve any sort of turning motion but are straight-on grand jetes with one or both legs in attitude.
Barrel turns generally involve a twisting of the upper body, to my knowledge, as though one is jumping over a barrel or a highjump bar.
Coffee grinders are done on the floor and don't travel. they begin in a side lunge and the extended leg makes a circular motion (like a coffee mill) and the supporting leg must jump over it as it comes around.
Stag leaps generally don't involve any sort of turning motion but are straight-on grand jetes with one or both legs in attitude.
Barrel turns generally involve a twisting of the upper body, to my knowledge, as though one is jumping over a barrel or a highjump bar.
Coffee grinders are done on the floor and don't travel. they begin in a side lunge and the extended leg makes a circular motion (like a coffee mill) and the supporting leg must jump over it as it comes around.

By LancelleDancer



On Fri May 06, 2005 04:13 PM
Wow, we've always called it a Sword leap....
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By Chrissy51
By Chrissy51
On Wed May 11, 2005 12:43 PM
When I was in Australia it was called an attitude turn
In America it is a stag or calypso.
Hope that helps
In America it is a stag or calypso.
Hope that helps

By BeautifulLetDown


On Tue May 17, 2005 03:45 AM
We call those Jazz split turns where I live in Albeta, Canada.
Stags to us- Depending which leg you start with, if it's the right foot, the right leg is in a retire and the back leg is straight.
Switch splits/leaps are the same thing to everyone.
Calipsos to us - Prepare in 5th, and as you take off, the front leg is in an attitude to the front and the back leg is bent too but not in an attitude, because you want your leg to touch the back of your head, as you do a back bed.
Backwards jetes to us - If using the right foot, chasse to the front, step forward with the left, and as you take off to do a jete, your body turns to face the back wall and you do a jete at the same time.
Stags to us- Depending which leg you start with, if it's the right foot, the right leg is in a retire and the back leg is straight.
Switch splits/leaps are the same thing to everyone.
Calipsos to us - Prepare in 5th, and as you take off, the front leg is in an attitude to the front and the back leg is bent too but not in an attitude, because you want your leg to touch the back of your head, as you do a back bed.
Backwards jetes to us - If using the right foot, chasse to the front, step forward with the left, and as you take off to do a jete, your body turns to face the back wall and you do a jete at the same time.
re: Help me settle a jazz terminology dispute
By DancinMunkee13
By DancinMunkee13
On Thu May 26, 2005 10:02 AM
Edited by DancinMunkee13 (131775) on 2005-05-26 10:04:34
Our studio calls them chane' leaps w/ leg in attitude...hope this helps even though there seems to be so many names for this move. Anything you call it...its still looks beautiful!

By TEAM_MOM




On Fri May 27, 2005 07:16 PM
turn on l'air, jump split turn, barrel, etc. It's all the same movement. Call it what they do at your studio
. It's all good.



By DanceFreak247


On Fri May 27, 2005 09:07 PM
We call them calypsos - most other studios do too, as far as I'm aware.
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By Roxyette
By Roxyette
On Sun May 29, 2005 06:47 AM
In jazz classes, I have heard this leap most often called calypso. I have also heard ring jump.
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By webstAr



On Mon May 30, 2005 08:13 AM
I can assure you that it is not a pirouette fouette - I don't know how someone could say that - or a coffee grinder.
It's not a barrell jump either, because both legs are bent and your body is leaning towards your feet, basically. Sorry for the bad explanation.
I've head a lot of people call them calypsos, but I live in BC and no one calls them that here.
But I wouldn't call them a stap either, because whenever we do stags we start from both feet on the ground and then either bend one or two legs for a single or double stag.
Basically we call them chene (oh wow.. that looks really wrong!) jete attitude.
It's not a barrell jump either, because both legs are bent and your body is leaning towards your feet, basically. Sorry for the bad explanation.
I've head a lot of people call them calypsos, but I live in BC and no one calls them that here.
But I wouldn't call them a stap either, because whenever we do stags we start from both feet on the ground and then either bend one or two legs for a single or double stag.
Basically we call them chene (oh wow.. that looks really wrong!) jete attitude.

By dancingrl247


On Sat Jun 11, 2005 08:04 PM
we just call them barrels. a stag to us is when your front leg is in a front attitude and your back leg is a back attitude. a c-jump or calypso is where both legs are in back attitude (all these done while turning)

By BeccaBecca


On Tue Jun 14, 2005 07:21 PM
I FORGET WHAT WE CALL THEM!!! lol As soon as I ask my teacher I'll get back to you in a flash....BUT....that is definitly NOT a barrel turn. You are correct in your explanation of a barrel turn 100%.
re: Help me settle a jazz terminology dispute
By Brittany06
By Brittany06
On Tue Jun 14, 2005 10:25 PM
You are right. A barrel jump is one where both of the legs are bent while jumping. The jump you are referring to is called a calipso ( I am not 100% sure about the spelling but you can sound it out ca-lip-so). That is what we call it at my studio and I have heard it called this at some of the dance conventions that I have gone to.
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By KicksElitePoms
By KicksElitePoms

On Thu Jun 23, 2005 06:35 PM
I've only ever heard them called a calipso.
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By Token
By Token

On Thu Jun 23, 2005 06:58 PM
Edited by Token (108883) on 2005-06-23 19:07:21
Edited by Token (108883) on 2005-06-23 19:07:50
Edited by Token (108883) on 2005-06-23 19:07:50
I have always called them stag leapouts. That is if u prepare for it by a chaine. I may be wrong but a C-Jump and a Calypso are not the same thing.
re: Help me settle a jazz terminology dispute
By KicksElitePoms
By KicksElitePoms

On Thu Jun 23, 2005 07:38 PM
^ You're right. A C-jump and a calipso are completely different.
re: Help me settle a jazz terminology dispute
By pandabear1002
By pandabear1002
On Fri Jun 24, 2005 02:16 PM
At my studio we call them a chene allancae(sp?)

By dance_queen001



On Mon Jul 04, 2005 04:49 PM
A turning jete in back attidude?

By jb_dancer_chica



On Wed Jul 06, 2005 09:19 PM
At my studio we call them chaine back attitude jetes. Callipso for us is a jump where the front leg is either bent or straight and the back leg is bent behind you and trying to touch your head while you are back. Stags are front leg retire, back leg straight. Barrel turns are when you ballchange forward then arch your back and try to make your self into a "C" shape while you jump and turn back to the front. You can either do them with straight or bent legs.
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