Ballet Terminology Quiz 1

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

Sous-sus means literally

• over-under; spring action

• over-around

• underneath

• wrapped

Demi

• Bend

• Half

• Large

• Tiny

to rise (no pliè)

• soussus

• relevè

• elevè

• tendu

en l'air

• to jump in the air

• on the ground

• to travel side

• in the air