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WorksheetsDance 1 Term 1 Vocab
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
chaine
Series of steps moving sideways in side, back, side, front pattern.
Half turn on two legs with weight transfer.
Series of small turning steps in first position.
ball change
Bending of knees.
Quick step to change weight from one foot to the other.
Knee bent with toe pointed touching the knee of standing leg.
ronde de jambe
Step behind, side, forward.
Working leg passes through passe to an extended position.
Working leg is circled from front to back or back to front.
tendu lift
Slide the foot along the floor to extended position then lift foot off the floor.
Quick step to change weight from one foot to the other.
Step across the body then tap the other foot to the side, repeat.
develope
Controlled turn on one leg in releve.
Leaping jump from one foot to the other.
Working leg passes through passe to an extended position.
grapevine
Series of steps making the shape of a box.
Series of steps moving sideways in side, back, side, front pattern.
Transferring weight onto one foot and placing working toe on floor with no weight.
fan kick
Working leg makes a sweeping arc in front of the body.
First, second, third, fourth, and fifth positions in turn out and parallel.
One leg is moved outward from the body, then in again.
releve
Working leg is extended to the back.
Series of small turning steps in first position.
Lift onto toes.
chasse
Step, together, step.
Slide the foot along the floor to extended position.
Working leg makes a sweeping arc in front of the body.
cross front tap side
Working leg is circled from front to back or back to front.
Step across the body then tap the other foot to the side, repeat.
Step behind, side, forward.
plie
Bending of knees.
Step, together, step.
Lift onto toes.
pirouette
Slide the foot along the floor to extended position then lift foot off the floor.
Controlled turn on one leg in releve.
One leg is moved outward from the body, then in again.
jete
Leaping jump from one foot to the other.
Step behind, side, forward.
Quick step to change weight from one foot to the other.
step touch
Series of small turning steps in first position.
Transferring weight onto one foot and placing working toe on floor with no weight.
Series of steps moving sideways in side, back, side, front pattern.
pivot turn
Knee bent with toe pointed touching the knee of standing leg.
Lift onto toes.
Half turn on two legs with weight transfer.
box step
Series of steps making the shape of a box.
Step, together, step.
Bending of knees.
tendu
Half turn on two legs with weight transfer.
Transferring weight onto one foot and placing working toe on floor with no weight.
Slide the foot along the floor to extended position.
passe
Series of steps making the shape of a box.
Knee bent with toe pointed touching the knee of standing leg.
Slide the foot along the floor to extended position.
ballet positons 1-5
First, second, third, fourth, and fifth positions in turn out and parallel.
Lift onto toes.
Working leg passes through passe to an extended position.
arabesque
Working leg is extended to the back.
Lift onto toes.
First, second, third, fourth, and fifth positions in turn out and parallel.
pas de bourre
Working leg is circled from front to back or back to front.
Step across the body then tap the other foot to the side, repeat.
Step behind, side, forward.
battement
One leg is moved outward from the body, then in again.
Working leg is extended to the back.
Working leg passes through passe to an extended position.
