Ballet Basics Vocabulary

Tendu means

• to stretch

• to lower

• to rise

• to circle

Degagé means

• to lengthen

• to strike

• to disengage

• to bend

Relevé means

• to lower

• to travel

• to rise

• to elevate

True or False: When you do a tendu, ron de jamb, or degage your knee should bend.

• True

• False

What bends in a plie

• Nose, knees, toes

• Torso, arms, knees

• Hips, knees, and ankles

• Head, shoulder, knees

En Croix means

• In the pattern of a heart

• In the pattern of a cross or x

• In the pattern of a box

• In the pattern of a circle

Ron de jamb means

• Circling of the arm

• Circling of the head

• Circling of the hips

• Circling of the leg

When you do a movement en croix you are going in what set of directions.

• Back, side, front, side

• Side-to-side

• Front, side, back, side

• Forward and backward

Plié mean

• to rise

• to squat

• to leap

• to bend

Our combination breaks down this basic order of Ballet moves

• Leg swings, tendu, degage, plie, releve, and ron de jamb

• Plie, releve, tendu, degage, ron de jamb, and leg swings

• Jump, turn, walk, run, sneak

• Releve, tendu, jump, jive, and wail