Fondu on the L leg, at the same time opening the R leg to the second position en l’air. This is essentially a male dancer’s step although contemporary choreographers use this tour for girls. Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012.a closed, two-door car shorter than a sedan of the same model.ice cream or sherbet mixed or topped with fruit, liqueur, whipped cream, etc.a glass container for serving such a dessert, usually having a stem and a wide, deep bowl.a short, four-wheeled, closed carriage, usually with a single seat for two passengers and an outside seat for the driver.the end compartment in a European diligence or railroad car.an intermediary step to transfer the weight from one foot to the other. There are five basic positions of the feet in classical ballet, and every step or movement is begun and ended in one or another of these positions, which were established by Pierre Beauchamp, maître de ballet of the Académie Royale de Musique et de Danse from 1671 to 1687.Pricked, pricking. It is usually preceded by a pas couru or a chassé. Speaking of position vs. action… passé and retiré ,Great point!

Used to indicate that a step is executed moving away from the audience.

The French School terms this step “faux entrechat cinq ramassé”.Big open sissonne.

This position corresponds to the fifth position en avant, Cecchetti method, or the first position, French and Russian Schools. A jump from one foot to the other in which the working leg is brushed into the air and appears to have been thrown. The step may be performed with straight knees at 45 degrees or with développés at 90 degrees. It is a position on one leg with the other lifted in back, the knee bent at an angle of 90 degrees and well turned out so that the knee is higher than the foot. The crossing of the legs with the body placed at an oblique angle to the

Demi-plié and push off the floor into the air, turning en dehors (to the right). Demi-plié, dégagé the R foot to the second position and jump on it lightly in demi-plié, crossing the L foot behind the R ankle and inclining the head and body to the right. The third position is usually omitted.

In passing from a high position to a low one, the arms are generally lowered in a line with the sides. At the completion of the first turn, the supporting heel is lowered in demi-plié, then immediately pushes from the floor to demi-pointe, and the turn is repeated.

lt is a turn in the air in which the dancer rises straight into the air from a demi-plié, makes a complete turn and lands in the fifth position with the feet reversed. Ultimately, the point is that these schools of thought have slightly different technique, vocabulary, and training regimens. The whipping leg should be at hip level, with the foot closing in to the knee of the supporting leg.

In all pliés the legs must be well turned out from the hips, the knees open and well over the toes, and the weight of the body evenly distributed on both feet, with the whole foot grasping the floor.On the points. BALLET TERMS DEFINITION A la seconde One of eight directions of the body, in which the foot is placed in second position and the arms are outstretched to second position. A beating action of the extended or bent leg.

Even-numbered entrechats are done en face or en tournant, while odd-numbered entrechats are done devant, derrière, en tournant, the côté or de volée. I could sift through all of my files of peer-reviewed articles and try and rationalize one,Enrico Cecchetti might tell you that the relaxed foot relates to the landing of a jump, and Agrippina Vaganova might tell you that the wrapped foot engages the turnout, and they are both probably right. This may refer to positions (the second and fourth positions of the feet are positions ouvertes), limbs, directions, or certain exercises or steps.

Changements are springing steps in the fifth position, the dancer changing feet in the air and alighting in the fifth position with the opposite foot in the front. It is a series of turns on one foot with the free leg raised to the second position en l’air at 90 degrees. In pirouettes the term indicates that a pirouette is made outward toward the working leg.Half-bend of the knees. Fifth position R foot front.

A term used to indicate a movement of the torso from the waist upward, bringing one shoulder forward and the other back with the head turned or inclined over the forward shoulder. As such, it is a changing of the feet, whereby one foot cuts either in front of or behind the other.

The torso is held perpendicular. Although, I do also get annoyed when teachers/masters mix up the terminology (hey, dude, you’re supposed to know this better than me, right?!).Ha!

a closed two-door car; a frozen dessert: She chose the coupe rather than the sedan. Pliés are done at the bar and in the centre in all five positions of the feet. Exercising at a portable barre.