Ms. Ochoa's deportment is one source of delight; Mr. Hussey's command of rapidly beaten jumps another.
Mr. Ovcharenko, very boyish, fluently sparkled through the appealing phraseology of beaten jumps and double air turns in his main solo.
Irina Dvorovenko, though the beaten jumps of her solo tax her, danced the Fonteyn role with bright authority rather than individuality.
Timur Askerov – a rather routine Siegfried in Swan Lake – delivers an enjoyably authoritative Oberon, with an armoury of the featheriest, beaten jumps.
"There is a certain refinement to the Paris Opera style that was new to me when I came here; the delicacy of the footwork, the presentation of the legs, the small beaten jumps.
Buried within the 13 sections of solos and duets are arabesques, beaten jumps, supported pirouettes and arms crossed at the wrists — yes, like a swan — that retreat into the foggy landscape like flashbacks.
Romeo (especially), Mercutio, Benvolio and Paris all have solos of marvelous and intricate classical detail, full of changes of direction, beaten jumps and turns, to a dash so timed that they become full of heart and character.
It's at its best for the male dancers: its second item, a male duet in which the young men do single air turns in alternating directions before moving onto beaten jumps, is irresistible.
Again, you see how skilled these dancers are: the sheer polish of the men is striking, with brilliant definition of beaten jumps and ready assurance in lifting women high overhead.
It was no less good to see the teachers' pride in old Paris school characteristics like beaten jumps — in which the legs are beaten together rapidly — and the presentation of the feet.
The effect is as elegant as it is mysterious, and Steven McRae and Sarah Lamb, leading a thoroughbred cast, rise to its poetry and brilliance – McRae's beaten jumps filleting the rhythms of Stravinsky's score with rare aplomb.
