DANCE EDUCATION - VOCABULARY

Plié

• At ease, Leisure

• Bent, Bending

• Big

• Thrown

Demi

• Half

• Big

• Behind

• In low

En Bas

• Behind

• In front

• Big, large

• En low

Dégagé

• Disengaged

• Half

• Front

• On high

• In the diagonal

Fondu

• Full face front

• Melting

• Whipped

• Glide

Grand Battement

• Inward

• Big beating

• Step

• Pricked

Developpé

• To unfold

• Wide apart

• Front

• Inward

Tour

• Turn

• Connected movement

• Jumping

• Time

Tendu

• Bend

• Stretched

• Sustained

• Turn

Á terre

• Curtsy or bow

• Round

• On the ground

• In the middle or centre