Ballet Terms

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Across
  1. 1. de chat a ballet jump in which the feet are lifted, one after the other, to level of opposite knee
  2. 3. de bourre three steps: back, side, front
  3. 4. position heels are touching and feet turned out
  4. 7. to change the feet in 5th position
  5. 9. a chain of turns
  6. 11. to jump from two feet and land on two feet
  7. 12. to stand on one leg and the opposite foot connected to the supporting leg knee
  8. 13. to leap
  9. 14. Plie a small bend of the knees
  10. 15. de Jambe a circular motion of the foot/leg
  11. 17. a bending of the knees
  12. 18. to brush the foot off the floor
  13. 20. an act of spinning on one foot, typically with the raised foot touching the knee of the supporting leg
  14. 21. to turn in a tight 5th position
  15. 22. Plie a deep bend of the knees
Down
  1. 2. to plie and rise in a tight 5th position
  2. 5. to fall
  3. 6. to stand on one leg and the other leg is bent in front or behind
  4. 8. to glide
  5. 10. to stretch the foot without lifting the toe from the floor; to point
  6. 15. rising to the ball of the foot
  7. 16. position feet are shoulder width apart and turned out
  8. 19. to throw the leg; a big kick