Ballet Vocabulary 1

What is this position ?

• Degage

• Tendu

• Passe

• Battement

Bending your knees all the way down while maintaining proper body alignment....

• Grand-plie

• A la second

• Passe

• Dime-plie

This picture is demonstrating a what?

• Grand Battement

• Pirouette

• Chasse

• Tendu

Chaines are what?

• Jumps

• Connecting Turns

• A Position

• A Leap

What feet position is this?

• First

• Fifth

• Passe

• Second

What arm position is this?

• Second

• 3rd

• 4th

• Fifth

Alignment is....

• Proper body posture

• Walking right

• Not curving

• Dancing position

A chasse is a what type of dance movement?

• Circular movement

• A jumping step

• A traveling step

• Center work step

In what position do your heels stay on the floor for grand-plie?

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 1st

• 4th

Where does turn-out come from?

• Heels

• Knees

• Hips

• Back