[Company Logo Image] 

 

Home

Fall Classes Begin September 5th, 2007

Session ends May 29, 2008

 

 
 

 

Summer Schedule Is Here!...Fall/Spring 2008/2009 schedule coming soon!!!

 

Registration

Merchandise

Springfield Youth Performance Group

Springfield Dance News

Birthday Parties

Policies and Procedures

Recital

Links/Games

Contact us

Dance Vocabulary

*Click to see a photo of the step

A la quatrieme (ah-la-cot-ree-em)

 

to the 4th position
A la seconde (ah-la-se-cohnd)   to the 2nd position
A terre (ah-tair)   on the ground
Adagio (u-dah-gee-oh)   slow
Allegro (u-leg-grow)   fast
Allongé (o-lohn-jay)   elongated
Arabesque (air-u-besk)

pose
Assemblé (o-som-blay)   assemble
Attitude   pose
Baisé (bay-zay)   lower
Balancé (bal-un-say)   rocking step
Balancoire (bal-un-swar)   swinging
Ballonné (ball-oh-nay)   bounced
Ballotté (ball-oh-tay)   tossed
Battement (baht-ma)   kick
Battu (baht-two)   beat
Bourré (boo-ray)   little steps
Bras (brah)   arms
Cambré (cahm-bray)   arch
Chaines (shen-nay)   chain step
Changement (shange-ma)   change
Chassé (shah-say)   chase
Contretemps (cahn-tru-tom)   counter-time
Corps (core)   body
Coupé (coo-pay)   cut
Couru (core-oo)   run
Croisé (kwah-zay)   crossed
De coté (day-coh-tay)   sideways
Degagé (day-ga-jay)

disengaged
Demi (de-mee)   half/small
Derriere (dair-ee-air)   back
Dessous(oo) (day-soo)   under
Dessus(oh) (day-soh)   over
Detourné (day-tour-nay)   turn around
Devant (du-vahnt)   front
Developpé (day-vel-oh-pay)   develope
Écarté (ay-car-tay)   thrown apart
Échappé (ay-shah-pay)   escape
Effacé (ay-fah-say)   facing
Elancé (ee-lahn-say)   dart
Elevé (el-lah-vay)   lifted (straight knees)
Emboité (ahm-bwah-tay)   box-like
En arriere (on-air-ree-air)   backward
En avant (on-u-vahnt)   forward
En bas (on-bah)   low
En croix (on-cwah)   shape of a cross
En dedans (on-day-dahn)   inward
En dehors (on-day-ohr)   outward turn
En face (on-fahs)   facing (front)
En haut (on-oh)   height
En l´air (on-lair)   in the air
Entrechat (ontru-shah)   interweaving
Envelopé (on-vel-oh-pay)   envelope
Epaulé (ay-poll-lay)   shouldered
Failli (f-I-yee)   giving way
Fermé (fair-may)   closed
Fondue (fahn-doo)   melt
Fouetté (fwah-tay)   whip
Frappé (frah-pay)   strike
Glissade (glee-sahd)   glide
Grande (grahnd)   big
Hauteur (ah-tour)   height
Jambe (jahm)   leg
Jeté (je-tay)   throw
Ouvert (oh-vair)   open
Pas (pah)   step
Pas de chat (pah-du-shah)   step of the cat
Pas de cheval (pah-du-shu-vall)   step of the horse
Passé (pah-say)

pass
Petit (pu-teet)   little
Pied (pee-yaid)   foot
Piqué (pee-kay)   prick
Pirouette (peer-oh-wet)   spin
Plié (plee-yay) bend
Port de bras (pohr-du-brah)   movement of the arms
Port de corps (pohr-du-cohr)   movement of the body
Positions 5 positions of the feet
Quatre (cot-tru)   four
Relevé (rell-lu-vay)

 

rise (from plié)
Retiré (ret-teer-ray)   retire, rest
Rond de jambe (rohn-du-jahm)   circle of the leg
Royal (rohy-al)   royal
Sauté (soh-tay)   jump
Serré (sair-ray)   continuous
Sissonne (see-sohn)   name of the originator
Soubresaut (soo-bru-soh)   spring
Sous-sus (soo-soo) under-over
Soutenu (soo-tu-noo)   sustained
Temps levé (tom-lu-vay)   time lifted
Temps lié (tom-lee-yay)   time connected
Tendue (than-doo)

stretch
Tombé (tohm-bay)   fall
Tour (toor)   turn in the air
Trios (twah)   three

 

<Home>

Send mail to spidance@insightbb.com with questions or comments about this web site.
Last modified: 04/29/08