Vocabulary – Intermediate

 Adagio: a series of slow, controlled movement  Arabesque: to fully extend the working leg while balancing on a fully extended supporting leg  Assemblé: to assemble; legs come together to land at the same time  Attitude: a position in which the working leg is bent at 90 degrees with the knee higher than the foot  : to fully extend the working leg from the hip  Chainé: A traveling turn done on the balls of both feet at the same time. Legs are in first position while turning.  Chalkline: the imaginary line along the floor that lines up with the midline  Changement: to change the position of the legs in the air  Coupé: a position in which the working foot connects at the supporting ankle  Degagé: to lift the working leg approximately 6” off the floor  Demi: a small movement  Developpé: to unfold  Echappé: a jump in which the legs open to 2nd position in the air  En dedan: to move toward the supporting leg or midline  En dehors: to move away from the supporting leg or midline  En l’air: in the air  Epaulment: placement of the neck and shoulders  Fondue: to melt  Glissade: a traveling step executed by gliding the working foot from 5th position in the required direction  Grandé Allegro: a series of large, fast movement  Grandé: a large movement  Jeté: a jump (of varying sizes) in which the legs are extended  Par terre: on the ground  Pas de bourrée: changing on the toes; a transitional step involving three small weight shifts  Pas de chat: “step of the cat”; a jump in which both legs move through passé  Passé: a position of the leg in which the working foot connects above the supporting knee  Petite Allegro: a series of small, fast movement  Piqué: A traveling turn done on one leg. Executed by stepping onto a fully extended leg and lifting the working leg into passé.  Pirouette: A stationary turn done on one leg.  Plié: to bend  Port de bras: carriage of the arms  Port de corpse: carriage of the body  Promenade: The dancer turns slowly in place on one foot in a series of slight movements of the heel while maintaining a definite pose such as an arabesque or attitude.  Relevé: a rise onto the balls of the feet  Saut de chat: “jump of the cat”; a leap in which both legs are fully extended through developpé  Sauté: to jump  Sousou: a closed relevé in 5th position  Soutenou: a sustained turn in sousou  Supporting leg: the leg that supports the body so that the working leg is free to execute a given movement  Téndu: to extend the working foot to a point while maintaining contact with the floor  : legs are rotated from the thigh socket as far as the position can be maintained while keeping the knees and tops of the feet in line  Working leg: the leg that is executing a given movement