Positions
First Position
What is feet turned out, both heels are touching?
Turnout
What is the ability of the dancer to turn their feet and legs out from the hip joints?
Demi Plie
What is feet turned out, heels remain on the floor, slightly bending at the knees?
Chasse
What is to chase, one foot chase's the other foot?
Tombe
What is to fall?
Second Position
What is feet turned out, the heels are separated by the distance of a small step?
Derriere
What is behind or to the back?
Grand Plie
What is feet turned out, heels lift off the floor, full bend of the knees?
Pirouette
What is to whirl or spin, a complete turn of the body on one foot?
Pas de bourree
What is a sideways movement where a person steps behind, to the side, and then to the front?
Third Position
What is feet turned out, the heel of the front foot is placed at the arch of the back foot?
Devant
What is forward, to the front?
Tendu
What is to stretch, point the foot and stretch the leg as far as it will go with toes on the floor?
Chaine
What is a chain or links, a series of turns in releve?
Developpe
What is to develop, a movement in which the working leg is drawn up to passe and slowly extended to a straight leg in the air?
Fourth Position
What is feet turned out one in front of the other, the front foot is separated by the distance of one step from the back foot?
A la Seconde
What is sideways, to the side?
Degage
What is to disengage, a quick brush with the foot pointed, the toes come about 2 in. off the floor?
Saut de chat
What is a jump when a dancer developpe's one leg forward, then leaps from leg to the other?
Releve
What is heels lifting off the floor onto the balls of the feet?
Fifth Position
What is feet turned out, the heel of the front foot is touching the toes of the back foot?
Port de bras
What is carriage of the arms?
Rond de jambe
What is circling of the leg on the floor?
Grand Jete
What is a jump in which a dancer brushes one leg forward, and leaps from leg to the other?
Battement
What is the working leg brushes out from the hip into the air and brought down again, both knees are straight and the foot is pointed?