Dance Vocabulary 1

Releve

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

In dance, how would you perform a battement?

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Plié

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What Position Is This?

• 1st
• 5th
• 3rd
• 2nd

Which term best describes the picture?

• Releve

• Tendu

• Z sit

Posture : Shoulders should..

• Press DOWN (away from ears)

• Lift UP

Tendu

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A dance move that consists of two steps: a partial weight transfer on the ball of a foot, followed by a step on the other foot.

• Ball Change

• Plie

• Tendu

Posture is important in dance class

• TRUE

• FALSE

Rotating your legs from the hips so that your knees and feet face outward

• Turn out

• Parallel