Terms

Question 0

Tendu

Answer 0

“To stretch” pointed foot with straight knee “draw a line an erase”

Question 1

Plié

Answer 1

“To bend” knees over toes, bum in

Question 2

Dégagé

Answer 2

“To disengage” cupcake height brushing foot and hit wall

Question 3

Piqué

Answer 3

“Fairy taps” “to prick”

Question 4

Pas de cheval

Answer 4

“Step of the horse” up to coupe extend

Question 5

Rond de jambe

Answer 5

“Circle of the leg”

Question 6

Rond de jambe á terre

Answer 6

“Circle of the leg” on the floor

Question 7

Rond de jambe en l’air

Answer 7

“Circle of the leg” in the air

Question 8

Rond de jambe en dehors

Answer 8

“Circle of the leg” outside

Question 9

Rond de jambe en dehans

Answer 9

“Circle of the leg” inside

Question 10

En croix

Answer 10

“Cross” front - side - back - side

Question 11

Frappé

Answer 11

“To strike” sharp “striking a match”

Question 12

Fondu

Answer 12

Plié on one leg “to melt”

Question 13

Développé

Answer 13

“To develop” comes up the knee and extend out

Question 14

Enveloppé

Answer 14

“To fold” extended out and back in at knee and down

Question 15

Passé

Answer 15

Drawing foot by knee

Question 16

Retiré

Answer 16

Position of hold a passé

Question 17

Coupé

Answer 17

“Action of cutting” touch foot to ankle

Question 18

Cou de pied (sur le)

Answer 18

“At the neck of the foot”

Question 19

Grand battement

Answer 19

“Beating”

Question 20

Relevé

Answer 20

“To rise” with a plié

Question 21

Elevé

Answer 21

“To rise” without plié

Question 22

Adagio

Answer 22

Slow, controlled, sustained… Find placement

Question 23

Allegro

Answer 23

“Fast” involves jumps

Question 24

Sauté, sauteé

Answer 24

Jumps that lands in same position

Question 25

Échappé

Answer 25

“To escape” jump out to close

Question 26

Changement

Answer 26

Change positions, changes which foot in front

Question 27

Jeté

Answer 27

One foot to the other, “throwing step”

Question 28

Assemblé

Answer 28

“To assemble” one - assemble in air - to both

Question 29

Sissone

Answer 29

Separate - two - one foot - “scissor step”

Question 30

Chassé

Answer 30

“To chase” stay grounded and use plié

Question 31

Waltz step

Answer 31

Triplets. “Down up up down up up”

Question 32

Balancé

Answer 32

Rocking step

Question 33

Pas de chat

Answer 33

“Step of the cat” jump “passé passé close

Question 34

Glissade

Answer 34

Third - _/ _ - “gliding step”

Question 35

Temps lié

Answer 35

Transfer of weight

Question 36

Temps leré

Answer 36

Sauté in one leg

Question 37

Tombé

Answer 37

“To fall”

Question 38

Bourrée

Answer 38

Little steps, “like fairies”

Question 39

Pas de baurrée

Answer 39

3 little steps (back, side, front)

Question 40

Port de bras

Answer 40

Carriage of the arms

Question 41

Cambré

Answer 41

Fold of the body over the front

Question 42

Combré en round

Answer 42

Like in routine fold of body but in a circle

Question 43

Chaînés

Answer 43

Chain turn

Question 44

Soutenu

Answer 44

All the way and sustain

Question 45

Détourné

Answer 45

Turn to other side

Question 46

Sous - sus, sus - sous

Answer 46

Foot over under

Question 47

Saut de basque

Answer 47

Jump of the village people

Question 48

Pas de basque

Answer 48

Step of the village people

Question 49

Saut de chat

Answer 49

Leap of the cat, leap bend front leg

Question 50

Reverence

Answer 50

Respect to you teacher and self, clap clap

Question 51

Barre

Answer 51

Exercises

Question 52

Centre

Answer 52

Everything way from barre

Question 53

Devant
Derrière
En face
Croix
Effacé
Écarte

Answer 53

Front
Back
Face the front
Crossed
Open to my front
Spread open "diagonal"

Question 54

Arabesque

Answer 54

“Curved line” from head to foot but leg is straight

Question 55

Attitude

Answer 55

Bent leg