Ballet Efface
![Jacklyn Dougherty Efface, effacee [ eh-fa-SAY ]. Shaded. One of the directions of epaulement, in which the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience so that a part of the body is taken back and almost hidden from view. This direction is termed “ouvert” in the French method. Efface is also used to quality a pose in which the legs are open (not crossed). This pose may be taken devant or derriere, either a terre or en l’air. Efface derriere (Russian School) [ eh-fa-SAY deh-RYEHR ]. Efface in back. This position is the exact opposite of efface devant. The dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience, facing either one of the two front corners of the room. The leg closer to the audience is pointed in the fourth position back a terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. The arms are placed en attitude, the arm that is high being on the same side as the leg that is extended. The body leans slightly forward over the supporting leg. The head is turned toward the high arm with the eyes looking into the palm of the hand. In the French School this pose is termed “quatrieme ouverte derriere.” See illustration, p. 137 - Efface devant [ eh-fa-SAY duh-VAHN]. Efface in front. Efface devant is one of the eight directions of the body, Cecchetti method. In this position the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience, facing either one of the two front corners of the room. The leg farther from the audience is pointed in the fourth position front a terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. The arms are placed en attitude, the arm that is low being on the same side as the leg that is extended. The body leans slightly back from the waist. The head is inclined toward the high arm with the eyes looking out to the audience. In the French School this pose is termed “quatrieme ouverte devant.” Efface en arriere [ eh-fa-SAY ah na-RYEHR]. Efface moving backward. A direction in which a given step is executed. The French School term is “ouvert en arriere.” Efface en avant [ eh-fa-SAY ah na-VAHN ]. Efface moving forward. A direction in which a given step is executed. The French School term is “ouvert en avant.”.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/761138_fd1d48c5593e4e9786cfa3e82fd51cd9~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_980,h_1742,al_c,q_90,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/761138_fd1d48c5593e4e9786cfa3e82fd51cd9~mv2.png)
Efface, effacee [ eh-fa-SAY ]. Shaded. One of the directions of epaulement, in which the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience so that a part of the body is taken back and almost hidden from view. This direction is termed “ouvert” in the French method. Efface is also used to quality a pose in which the legs are open (not crossed). This pose may be taken devant or derriere, either a terre or en l’air.
Efface derriere (Russian School) [ eh-fa-SAY deh-RYEHR ]. Efface in back. This position is the exact opposite of efface devant. The dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience, facing either one of the two front corners of the room. The leg closer to the audience is pointed in the fourth position back a terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. The arms are placed en attitude, the arm that is high being on the same side as the leg that is extended. The body leans slightly forward over the supporting leg. The head is turned toward the high arm with the eyes looking into the palm of the hand. In the French
School this pose is termed “quatrieme ouverte derriere.” See illustration, p.
137 -
Efface devant [ eh-fa-SAY duh-VAHN]. Efface in front. Efface devant is one of the eight directions of the body, Cecchetti method. In this position the dancer stands at an oblique angle to the audience, facing either one of the two front corners of the room. The leg farther from the audience is pointed in the fourth position front a terre or raised to the fourth position en l’air. The arms are placed en attitude, the arm that is low being on the same side as the leg that is extended. The body leans slightly back from the waist. The head is inclined toward the high arm with the eyes looking out to the audience. In the French School this pose is termed “quatrieme ouverte devant.”
Efface en arriere [ eh-fa-SAY ah na-RYEHR]. Efface moving backward. A direction in which a given step is executed. The French School term is “ouvert en arriere.”
Efface en avant [ eh-fa-SAY ah na-VAHN ]. Efface moving forward. A direction in which a given step is executed. The French School term is “ouvert en avant.”.
