En Francais 1
This French ballet term means "to bend".
What is PLIE?
This French ballet term means "small or half bend".
What is DEMI PLIE?
This French term means "step".
What is PAS?
The horizontal railing used in ballet class or the first part of a ballet class.
What is BARRE?
Looking at one spot while turning so that a dancer does not get dizzy
What is SPOTTING?
This French ballet term means "to stretch".
What is TENDU?
This French ballet term means "large bend".
What is GRANDE PLIE?
This French term is used for male ballet dancers.
What is DANSEUR?
The word used for a female ballet dancers.
What is a BALLERINA?
This is the way that a student should enter a ballet class.
What is QUIETLY and RESPECTFULLY?
The French ballet term that means "to rise".
What is RELEVE?
This French term means to curtsy or bow but is also the last part of a ballet class.
What is REVERENCE?
This French term means "fast or brisk".
What is ALLEGRO?
The term used for walking on toes or with pointed feet with lifted body from one place to another in ballet.
What is BALLET WALK?
Good posture in ballet is called correct _____________.
What is ALIGNMENT?
This French ballet term means "round leg".
What is ROND DE JAMBE?
The French term that means "to chase" as in one foot chases the other.
What is CHASSE?
This French ballet term means "slow".
What is ADAGIO?
The classical genre of dance with grace and elegance.
What is BALLET?
The four parts of a ballet class.
What are BARRE, CENTER, ACROSS THE FLOOR, and REVERENCE?
This French ballet term means "to disengage".
What is DEGAGE?
This French term means "chains or links" as in a series of rapid turns linked or chained together
What is CHAINE?
This French ballet term means "carriage of arms".
What is Port de Bra?
The word used in ballet where hips are rotated outward to 90 degrees.
What is TURN OUT?
Five of the 12 Concepts of Ballet or five descriptions of proper ballet alignment
TOE grips the floor. The ANKLE is ball and socket. KNEES are straight. TOE is last to leave the floor and first to touch the floor. Always lift through the GATEWAY or PREP position arms. Pinch the BUTTOCKS muscles in and pull up RIBS are relaxed. CHIN is in. SHOULDERS are back. ELBOWS are up. HANDS are rounded. ARMS form and inward and outward circle.