Professional

Performance
Dance

BALLET
Ballet
French ballette from Italian balletto, diminutive of ballo "a dance," from
Late Latin ballare "to dance," from Greek ballizein "to dance, jump
about"
theatrical, costumed dance and pantomime performance telling a story
and representing characters and passions by gestures and groupings
Acts as a backbone for many other genres of dance
It is a type of dance compelled with rigorous code of technical
guidelines.
Fundamental ballet dance movements
1. Plie (plee-ay)or to bend
Keeping both feet flat on the floor at all times, bend your knees.
2. Releve (ruh-leh-vey)or to rise
This can be done on one foot or both feet together
3. Saute (soh-tay) or to jump
This kind of jump is performed two feet to two feet
4. Arabesque (ah-ra-BESK)
The position of the body supported on one leg with opposite leg
extended behind the body.
5. Balance (ba-iahn-SAY)
a rocking step where the weight shifts from one foot to the other
Fundamental ballet dance movements
6. Chaines (Sheh-NAY) or chains or links
A series of rapid, traveling turns on demi-pointe, staying in first
positions.
7. Changement (shahnzh-MAHN)
A jump in which the feet change positions in the air.
8. Chasse (sha-SAY) or to chase
a connecting step on which one foot literally chases the other and
comes to a fifth position before landing
9. Developpe (dayv-law-PAY)
movement where the dancer's working leg is drawn up to the knee of
the supporting leg and extended to an open position.
10. Jete (zhuh-TAY) or thrown
leap in which the weight of the dancer is transferred from one foot to
the other.
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Performance
Dance

MODERN
DANCE
Modern dance
Lateral
Spiral
Stag leap
Stag turn
Primitive squat
Flat back
Hinge
Contraction
Release
High Release