Ballet Vocab Beginning

Plié means

• to rise

• to squat

• to leap

• to bend

Tendu means

• to stretch

• to lower

• to rise

• to circle

Degagé means

• to lengthen

• to strike

• to disengage

• to bend

port de bras means

• carriage of the body

• carriage of the arms

• carriage of the torso

• carriage of the head

Passé means

• to pass

• to cross

• to stretch

• to lower

Relevé means

• to lower

• to travel

• to rise

• to elevate

To execute Sous-sus you must be in _____ position

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 5th

circle of the leg

• rond de chat

• rond de jambe

• pas de chat

• pas de jambe

grand pliè

• big bend

• small bend

• side bend

• back bend

Chasse means

• To run

• To gallop

• To turn

• To chase