Dance Preview Vocabulary

Question 1

Adage, Adagio

Answer 1

at ease or leisure

Question 2

Air, en l’

Answer 2

in the air

Question 3

Allegro

Answer 3

brisk, lively

Question 4

Arabesque

Answer 4

Basic pose, from Moorish ornament

Question 5

Balance

Answer 5

Rocking Step

Question 6

Battement

Answer 6

Beating

Question 7

Body Roll

Answer 7

Rolling Movement through the torso

Question 8

Cambre

Answer 8

arched

Question 9

Chaine Tour

Answer 9

Chain of turns

Question 10

Changement

Answer 10

Change

Question 11

Chassé

Answer 11

Chased

Question 12

Choreography

Answer 12

the creation and composition of dances

Question 13

coupé

Answer 13

cut, cutting

Question 14

Degagé

Answer 14

Disengaged

Question 15

Demi

Answer 15

Half

Question 16

Developpé

Answer 16

Developped

Question 17

Echappes

Answer 17

To Escape

Question 18

Eleve

Answer 18

To rise

Question 19

Flex

Answer 19

toes pointed upward toward the body

Question 20

Fouette

Answer 20

Whipped

Question 21

Grand, grande

Answer 21

Big or large

Question 22

Isolation

Answer 22

the ability to hold part of the body still while moving another one

Question 23

Passe

Answer 23

Passed

Question 24

Parallel

Answer 24

toes are pointed forward

Question 25

Pique

Answer 25

pricked or to prick

Question 26

Pirouette

Answer 26

to whirl or spin

Question 27

Plie

Answer 27

To Bend

Question 28

Point

Answer 28

Toes pointed downward away from body

Question 29

Port de Bras

Answer 29

Carriage of the arms

Question 30

Releve

Answer 30

Raised

Question 31

Reverence

Answer 31

Bow, reverence, curtsey

Question 32

Roll Down

Answer 32

a sequential curving of the vertabrae (spine). Starting at the top of the skull and ending with the pelvis upside down.

Question 33

Saute

Answer 33

To jump or jumping

Question 34

Seconde, a la

Answer 34

to the second (side)

Question 35

Soloist

Answer 35

solo, featured dancer

Question 36

Temps leve

Answer 36

time raised, raising movement

Question 37

Tendu, tendue

Answer 37

Stretched

Question 38

Terre, a

Answer 38

On the ground

Question 39

Turn Out

Answer 39

Outward rotation of the legs from the hip sockets

Question 40

Two Beat Swing

Answer 40

Modern Dance movement where h=the body swings from downward rebounding up into a flat/curved position/jump and then swings upward to the starting position.