Ballet Vocabulary 2

Plie' means to

• jump

• bend

• fall

• rise

Tendu means to

• bend

• flex

• rise

• stretch

Releve' means to

• stretch

• bend

• rise

• beat

Saute' means to

• jump

• skip

• rise

• cook

If you perform a sequence, front, side, and back, you are performing

• croise'

• en croix

• rond de jambe

• criss cross

When I perform a movement that circles my leg through the front, side, and back tendu positions, I am performing a

• circlee

• tendu

• tendu circle

• rond de jambe

Devant means

• front

• side

• back

• diagonal

A la seconde means

• front

• side

• back

• diagonal

Derriere means

• front

• side

• back

• diagonal

Croise' means

• front

• side

• back

• diagonal