ABSTRACT
The present study aims applying biomechanical tools in the analysis of a classical techique movement: sauté in first position. This jump movement is widely praticed in Classical Ballet and will be analyzed considering the Ground Reaction Forces and the plantar pressure distribuition in different foot areas. The sauté in first position will be performed by one classical dancer with different shoes (slippers and pointe shoes) and following different musical times (2/4 and 6/8) in order to identify the influence of these two factors in the movement performance. We observed that different musical times resulted in different Ground Reaction Force responses and the different shoes resulted in distinct foot allocation on the ground. The plantar pressure distribuition patterns also were different between conditions and lead us to conduct further quantitative studies about it.