Dance Terminology 1

What is the fundamental step that means "to bend" and is used as a preparation for jumps, pirouettes, and other steps?

• Tendu

• Battement

• Chassé

• Plié

What is the name and description of the step when a dancer rises up on the toes with straight knees and balance equally distributed among the toes?

• Tendu: to rise

• Plié: to bend

• Relevé: to rise

• Chassé: to chase

How does a dancer perform a tendu?

• The dancer brings the heels together in the air.

• The dancer stretches the foot with straight knees and pointed toes.

• The dancer lifts the foot off the floor to place it in front.

• The dancer brushes the leg off the floor.

Select the correct spelling for the step that sounds like tahn lee-ey and/or tawn liay (tendu, plié in second position, tendu the other foot, close to first position).

• Temps Lié

• Temps Liay

• Tenn Lié

• Tawn Lié

Piqué must be performed on a straight leg.

• True

• False

Describe a piqué passé turn.

• The dancer steps onto one foot and spins.

• The dancer presses onto a straight leg with the other foot touching behind the knee in passé.

• The dancer presses onto a straight leg with the other foot touching in front of the knee in passé.

• The dancer steps onto a bent knee and then straightens the knee.

In chainé turns, the dancer must press the shoulders and arms down, spot the head, and ______________.

• bring the feet close together

• relax the core muscles

• bend the knees

• move the torso in a circle

The name of the step where the dancer presses the shoulders and arms down, brushes the floor with the foot, kicks the leg into the air, and keeps the legs straight and pointed is _____________.

• Battement

• Bahtma

• Kick

In a battement, it is not important if the bottom knee bends or if the heel comes off the floor.

• True

• False

How can a dancer stop from lifting the heel off the floor in a battement?

• push down into the floor

• think harder about it

• lifting the heel doesn't matter

• raise up to a relevé