Dance Terminology

Ballet Vocab

100

To bend

Plie

200

To jump

Saute

300

To stretch

Tendu

400

A large kick

Grand Battment

500

Round of circle of the leg

Ronde de Jambe

Vocabulary #2

100

Your own bubble

Kinesphere

200

Stacking your body to form a straight line. 

Alignment

300

Critiquing someone in a nice way

Peer Critiques

400

Movements done while traveling.

Locomotor

500

The space you take up

Positive Space

Styles of Dance

100

Foundation of all dance styles

Ballet

200

Style of dance were you go with what the lyrics tell you?

Lyrical

300

Mix of Jazz and African dance to show different isolations and beats.

Hip-Hop

400

Dance style that started in Harlem,NY in 1920.

Jazz

500

Style of dance that is based off of jazz that has some Lindy Hop flare and is a 2 person dance?

Swing

Is it a Ballet?

100

Nutcracker

Yes

200

Lion King

No

300

Hairspray

No

400

Don Quixote

Yes

500

Coppelia

Yes

Christmas

100

What are your two songs called?

JH - Sugar Plum and Haunted

HS - Free Mind and Yebba Heartbreak

200

How many costumes should you have?

2

300

How long is each dance?

Around 2:30

400

Are you prepared for your performance?

Please say yes!!!!!

500

What is the date, time, location, and percentage of your performance?

December 5th at 5pm in the gym.

Worth 20% of your grade