Dance Vocabulary
To Bend
What is Plie?
Brush Spank
What is Shuffle?
Make all of the sounds with your feet.
What is Tap Dancing?
Student fight for their right to have a school dance.
What is Footloose?
Focus on something while turning
What is Spotting?
To Stretch
What is Tendu?
Shuffle Hop Step
What is an Irish?
There are 2 different types of shoes for this dance. One is more complex than the other.
What is Ballet/Pointe?
Billy gives up boxing and takes up dancing.
What is Billy Elliot
Dance term that means slow
What is Adagio?
To Melt
What is Fondu?
Number of sounds in a Buffalo.
What is four?
Tells a story through song and dance.
What is Musical Theatre?
Summer Loving
Hand Jive
What is Grease?
Considered one of the most famous ballroom and tap dancers of his time.
Who was Fred Astaire?
Large
What is Grande?
Toe, Toe, Heel, Heel
What is a cramp roll?
Done with a partner.
What is ballroom dance?
New York High School of the performing arts
What is Fame?
Started ballet at the age of 13 and is now the principal dancer at the American Ballet.
Who is Misty Copeland?
To Strike
What is Frappe?
This step is a major part of the choreography in the Main theme song of the musical 42nd Street.
What is the time step?
Move your body to fit the music.
I've Had the Time of My Life
She's Like the Wind
What is Dirty Dancing?
Famous dancer from "Dance Moms"
Who is Maddie Zeigler?