Terminology

Question 0

Plié

Answer 0

To bend

Question 1

Demi plié

Answer 1

Half bend/small bend

Question 2

Tendu

Answer 2

To stretch

Question 3

Devant

Answer 3

To the front

Question 4

Jeté

Answer 4

To throw

Question 5

Á la seconde

Answer 5

To the side

Question 6

Choreography

Answer 6

The art of making dances

Question 7

Improvisation

Answer 7

Acting like something else, making it up in the moment

Question 8

Enface

Answer 8

Facing the front

Question 9

Port de bras

Answer 9

Carriage of the arms

Question 10

Retiré

Answer 10

To draw up

Question 11

Decote

Answer 11

Moving sideways

Question 12

Devante

Answer 12

To the front

Question 13

Allegro

Answer 13

Quickly fast

Question 14

En avant

Answer 14

Moving foreword

Question 15

Derrie’re

Answer 15

To the back

Question 16

En arriéré

Answer 16

Moving backwards

Question 17

Coupé

Answer 17

To cut

Question 18

Pas de chat

Answer 18

Step of the cat

Question 19

Assemble

Answer 19

To assemble

Question 20

Pas de bourrée

Answer 20

Stamp step

Question 21

Arabesque

Answer 21

The longest most straight line in ballet.

Question 22

Sissone

Answer 22

A scissor like movement

Question 23

Fermée

Answer 23

Closed

Question 24

Ouverte

Answer 24

Open

Question 25

Pirouette

Answer 25

To turn

Question 26

Tour en l’air

Answer 26

Turn in the air

Question 27

Chaînées

Answer 27

Chains or links

Question 28

Souten

Answer 28

Support or to sustain

Question 29

Soubresaut

Answer 29

Sudden spring

Question 30

Ballon

Answer 30

Bounce

Question 31

Grand jeté

Answer 31

Grand leap

Question 32

Corps de ballet

Answer 32

The dancers in a ballet who aren’t soloists.

Question 33

Tutu

Answer 33

The tutu is a short classical ballet skirt made of many layers of tarlatan or net.