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WorksheetsIntro to Jazz: Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
This step resembles a galloping motion. When one foot literally "chases" the other.
Chasse
Chaines
Fan Kick
Jazz Walks
A change of weight distribution on the balls of your feet.
Heel Toe
Chasse
Ball Change
Jazz Runs
One foot steps in front of the other, and then the body rotates around back into the original position.
Jazz Drags
Pirouette
Jazz Leap
Pivot
Turns done in three steps.
Chaines
Pirouette
Pencil Turn
Axel Turn
A turn and balance on one leg while the opposite leg is in the passe position.
Fan Kick
Pirouette
Releve
Chasse
A jump from one leg to the other while creating a split in the air
Arabesque
Calypso
Passe
Jazz Leap
A kick
Ball change
Battement
Develope
Double Stag
Chasse, ball change combined
Lindy
Extended Split
Canon
Battement
Basically walking to the side combined with a tiptoeing motion that makes the walk look like a strut
Triplets
Battement
Jazz Split
Jazz Walks
Stepping sideward with the straight leg in releve. The opposite leg closes to a passe position behind the knee of the straight leg during the turn.
Chasse
Fan Kick
Pique Turn
Triple Pirouette
