Dance Vocabulary

What is a small bend of the knees?

• squat

• demi plie

• lunge

• grand plie

What is a port de bras?

• plie

• kick

• anything to do with your arms

• anything to do with your legs

How are your feet in second position?

• space between the heels

• heels are touching

• toes are touching

• feet are straight together

To go straight up and straight down is called

• releve

• tendu

• arabesque

• eleve

A grand plie is a __________ bend of the knees.

• small

• medium

• large

• slight

A _______ is where your toe is in the nitch of your knee.

• tendu

• degage

• passe

• plie

_____ position is when your heels are touching.

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 5th

A releve is when you _______ and go up on your toes.

• jump

• bend

• kick

• slide

What movement is when your brush or slide your foot into position?

• passe

• degage

• plie

• tendu

A degage is like a tendu but ______ up.

• brushes

• stands

• slides

• skips