1st Six Weeks Vocabulary

To bend

• ball change

• plie

• releve

• fouette

Shift of weight from one foot to another​

• plie

• ball change

• jete

• pivot

180 degree turn​

• pivot

• ball change

• releve

• plie

3 step movement: step back, step side, step front​

• pivot

• jazz square

• pas de bouree

• pirouette

Position of the foot at the knee with toes pointed​

• sickle

• turnout

• passe

• coupe

Rotation of the legs & feet from the hips​

• sickling

• turnout

Sickling is....

• bad technique

• good technique

Dancers must _ while turning to stay balanced and not get dizzy.

A contagion is a _.

• The basic unit of a rhythmic measure.​

• tempo

• music

• beat

• time