This video will focus on three different types of switch leaps. Dance expert, Grace Gilbertson, will teach you the three types of switch leaps.
The first type of switch leap is the most common type. You will run left right, then pulse your left leg forward. From there is where you get your power to go up, so you want to be sure you’re in a plié at this point. To get in the air, you push up off your right leg to hit a full split. You want to think about going up rather than out.
The next type of switch leap is switch firebird. You will run right left, then brush your right leg forward. From there, you will switch your body to the other side of the wall as your right leg passes through to the other side as your left leg comes up to bend in the back. Your arms will be out straight in second position. Your head will be released back, almost as if you are looking for your foot.
The last type of switch leap is a switch arabesque jump. You will run right left, then brush your right leg in front. As is brushes back, you switch your hips to the other wall as your left leg comes up behind you. Your focus will also change to the other wall. You can roll out of this jump by tucking your left leg.