Dance Vocabulary

Chasse

• to bend
• to chase
• to leap
• to rise

Plie

• to bend
• to chase
• to leap
• to rise

Releve

• to bend
• to chase
• to leap
• to rise

Arabesque

• the supporting leg is straight, while the other leg is raised horizontally behind the dancer
  
• the supporting leg is straight, while the other leg is raised horizontally to the side of the dancer
  

Triceps

• top, front of the arm
• top, back of the arm
• top, front of the leg
• top, back of the leg

Bicep

• top, back of the arm
• top, front of the arm
• top, back of th leg
• top, front of the leg

Flexor

• runs from pinky, throughout arm
• runs from thumb, throughout arm

Extensor

• runs from pinky, throughout arm
• runs from thumb, throughout arm

Quadriceps

• 2 headed muscle
• 3 headed muscle
• 4 headed muscle

Hamstring

• 2 headed muscle
• 3 headed muscle
• 4 headed muscle