DEFINE ME
to bend
PLIE
TENDU
slide foot across floor until it stretches
Small or half
DEMI (dem-ee)
FEET IN FIRST
heels together, toes apart
PLIE
to bend
knees bend slightly
to melt
FONDU
PASSE
big toe to knee or higher
To spin
PIROUETTE (Peer-o-wet)
R ARM IN FOURTH
L arm second position, R arm rounded in half first
CHAINE
chained or linked
360 degree turn in two steps
Around the leg
ROND DE JAMBE
RELEVE
rising up to the balls of feet
to throw
BATTEMENT (bot - mont)
ARMS IN SECOND, FEET IN SECOND
arms open to corner, feet wider than hips
DEGAGE
to disengage
foor stretches to life inches from floor
to throw or leap
JETE
to chasse
CHASSE
feet chase one after another
to disengage
DEGAGE (day-guh-zjay)
L foot Fourth, arms prepatory
L foot overlapped, toes to corner, arms in front of waist
PREPATORY
to prepare
hands in front of waist, pulled away from body
in the shape of a cross
EN CROIX
Arms in second position, feet in fourth
Arms open to sides, feet one in front of the other (no overlapped)
Around the leg
ROND DE JAMBE (rond-day-jam)
FEET IN FIFTH
toes to corners, feet overlapping
Directions of en croix
In the shape of a cross
Front, side, back, side