Dance vocabulary 1

Question 1

Port De Bras

Answer 1

movement of the arms

Question 2

First position

Answer 2

position of the feet, heels together with toes turned out

Question 3

Second position

Answer 3

position of the feet, feet spread apart with toes turned out

Question 4

Point

Answer 4

Stretching the ankle downward pointing through the tip of the toe

Question 5

Tendu

Answer 5

leg extended out with tip of the toe pointed on the ground

Question 6

Degage

Answer 6

leg extended out with foot up in the air in a 45 degree angle

Question 7

Demi Pile

Answer 7

small bend of the knees

Question 8

Releve

Answer 8

rise up on the balls of the feet

Question 9

Grand Pile

Answer 9

large bend of the knees

Question 10

Passe

Answer 10

bent position of the leg where the foot is at the nitch of the knee

Question 11

Coupe

Answer 11

working foot pointed by the ankle of the standing leg

Question 12

Forced Arch

Answer 12

on ball of the foot with heel off the floor and knees bent

Question 13

Ronde de jambe

Answer 13

to draw a 1/2 circle on the floor with your big toe

Question 14

Chasse

Answer 14

to chase; step together step

Question 15

Chaine turn

Answer 15

chain of half turns traveling and rotating in a single
direction

Question 16

Pase de Bourree

Answer 16

a back-side-front three step floor pattern

Question 17

Battement

Answer 17

to beat; straight leg kick

Question 18

Pivot turn

Answer 18

half swivel turn on two feet turning a single direction

Question 19

Ball change

Answer 19

rocking step from the back foot to the front foot

Question 20

Isolations

Answer 20

movement of one part of the body independently of the rest