Centre 1 - Grand Adagio

Description of elements of a typical combination:

  • The grand adagio is a combination of movements that are “sustained, controlled, deceivingly powerful, smooth, elongated, reaching, and extending beyond the body” (Cavalli 2001, p. 107).

  • Typical steps in this combination include

  • Développé

  • Passé

  • Grand plié

  • Temps lié

  • Arabesque

  • Attitude

  • Promenade

  • Chassé

Meter

triple (3/4 or 9/8)

quadruple (4/4 or 12/8)

Tempo

slow, broad: 102 bpm per quarter in 3/4

Accentuations

  • Very legato and flowing

  • Full sound without playing “too loud”

  • Fill in quarter notes with more running eighth notes or sixteenth notes, if possible, to show the flowing nature of the combination

Example of Teacher Demonstrating a Grand Adagio Combination:

Cues from teacher's demonstration:

  • The music needs to be slow and "stretchy" with lots of arpeggios if possible.

Music Selected: Enrique Granados, Valse No. 6 from 8 Poetic Waltzes

PDF of Original

C01_Original_Poetic Waltz No 6_Granados.pdf

PDF of Arranged Score

Centre01_Grande Adagio in Centre_Poetic Waltz No. 6_Granados10.22.22.pdf

Changes made in arranged score:

  • I added a four-bar introduction.

  • I used only mm. 1-32 to make it square phrasing.


Videos of Dancers performing combination with selected music:

Reactions while playing the combination:

  • To demonstrate the flowing nature of the piece, I arpeggiated some of the left-hand chords (rather than sticking with just the waltz rhythm).