Ballet Vocabulary

Plié means

• to rise

• to squat

• to leap

• to bend

Tendu means

• to stretch

• to lower

• to rise

• to circle

When your arms are low it is referred to as

• en eau

• en bas

• en aire

• en dedans

Relevé means

• to lower

• to travel

• to rise

• to elevate

En avant means

• high; above

• low; beneath

• to the side

• in front of (the chest)

Grand Plié means

• small beng

• big bend

• to rise

• to pass

Demi Plié means

• small bend

• to squat

• to dip

• to lean

En haut means

• outward

• open; apart

• high; above

• inward

True/False: Arabesque is a position used in Ballet and does not have an English translation.

• True

• False

Chassé means

• to close

• to chase

• to turn

• to open