Plie

• BENDING of the knee over toes with knees facing forward and facing sideways

• RISING of the knee over toes with knees facing forward and facing sideways

• STRETCHING of the knee over toes with knees facing forward and facing sideways

Relève

• To push up

• To rise

• To stretch or point

Tendu

• To point foot and turn

• To rise foot right or left towards the front, side, and back

• To point foot right or left towards the front, side, and back

Degage

• To pull the foot through tendu and off the floor on right or left leg towards the front, side, and back

• To slide foot through tendu and off the floor on right or left leg towards the front, side, and back

• To point foot through tendu and off the floor on right or left leg towards the front, side, and back

Arabesque

• A body position in which a dancer stands on one BENT leg (the supporting leg) with the other straight leg (the working leg) turned out, lifted off the floor, and extended in front of the body.

• A body position in which a dancer stands on one straight leg (the supporting leg) with the other straight leg (the working leg) turned out, lifted off the floor, and extended behind the body

Passe Balance

• Dancer uses one foot as a small base to stay upright without falling while the other foot is bent to the ankle level at a passe.

• Dancer uses one foot as a small base to stay upright without falling while the other foot is bent to the knee level at a passe.

• Dancer uses both feet as a small base to stay upright without falling while the other foot is bent to the knee level at a passe. Arms should be in 1st position, chin up, body alignment

Saute

• Small jump from ONE foot in plie, landing on two feet in a plie

• HUGE jump from two feet in plie, landing on ONE foot

• Small jump from two feet in plie, landing on two feet in a plie

Shoulder Isolation

• Only popping the legs forward/back/up or down while the rest of the body is moving

• Only popping the shoulder forward/back or down while the rest of the body is moving

• Only popping the shoulders forward/back/up or down while the rest of the body is still

Lunge

• a large, open fourth position in which one knee is bent (usually the front), and the other is straight

• a large, open fourth position in which one knee is bent (usually the front), and the other is BENT.

• a small open fourth position in which one knee is bent (usually the front), and the other is straight

Grapevine

• Step side right, cross back left ft, step side right, right, back

• Step side right, cross back left ft, step side right, separate feet apart.

• Step side right, cross back left ft, step side right, close feet together