Vocabulary
Plié - to bend (a bend of the knees)
Tendu - to stretch
Rond de jambe - round of the leg (around the leg)
Sauté - jump
Relevé - raised (rise on both or one foot onto either demi-pointe or pointe)
Retiré - withdrawn (the thigh is raised to the second position en l'air with the knee bent so that the pointed toe rests in front of, behind or to the side of the supporting knee)
Piqué - to prick
Pirouette - a turn on one foot with the other foot in a retiré
Passé - where one foot goes into retiré on one side of the standing leg and "passes through" to the other side of the standing leg
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Tendu - to stretch
Rond de jambe - round of the leg (around the leg)
Sauté - jump
Relevé - raised (rise on both or one foot onto either demi-pointe or pointe)
Retiré - withdrawn (the thigh is raised to the second position en l'air with the knee bent so that the pointed toe rests in front of, behind or to the side of the supporting knee)
Piqué - to prick
Pirouette - a turn on one foot with the other foot in a retiré
Passé - where one foot goes into retiré on one side of the standing leg and "passes through" to the other side of the standing leg
Full dictionary