Test #1 Vocabulary

Release me

Demi plié

to bend (small)

Grand plié

to bend (bigger)

Elevé

to elevate (with straight legs)

Relevé

to raise (from a plié position)

Tendú

to stretch (or battement tendú)

Dégagé

to disengage (or battement jeté)

Cou de pied

nape or neck of the foot

Sur le cou de pied

Wrapping of the ankle at the neck of the foot

Coupé

to cut

Temps lié

to transfer.

A connecting step to transfer the wight of the body from one leg to the other.

Sous-sus

over/under

Glissade

to glide

Demi-pointe

half-pointe (on the ball of the feet)

Devant

to the front

Derrière

to the back

A la secondé

to the side

En croix

in the shape of a cross

Fondú

to melt

Pas de bourrée

a series of linking of steps consisting of three small steps

“back, side, front.”

Epaulément

shouldering of the body

En face

facing square to the audience

Effacé

open.

An open-facing position where the legs are NOT CROSSED form the view of the audience.

Standing diagonally to the audience with legs crossed making an “A” shape.

Croisé

crossed.

A closed-facing position where the legs ARE CROSSED from the view of the audience.

Ecarté

separated or thrown wide apart

Retiré

to withdraw (or retire)

Passé

to pass

Chassé

to chase

Soutenú

sustained

Piqué

to prick

Sauté

to jump

Rond de jambe

round of the leg

En bas

below

Á terre (or par terre)

on the floor or earth

En lair

in the air

Bras Bas

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