Ballet Vocabulary Crossword, Group B

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Across
  1. 1. large or big
  2. 5. big or large jump
  3. 7. half-turn in the air
  4. 8. change of feet; a jumping exercise in which the front leg changes to the back in third position
  5. 10. to chase
  6. 12. horse's step
Down
  1. 1. glide; one foot glides to the side, the other foot pushes off from plié, landing on the first foot in plié, and closing the other foot in third position
  2. 2. little cat jump; a small jump performed with one leg making a motion that resembles a cat pawing the air
  3. 3. cat’s step
  4. 4. fitted together, or “boxed”; jump from 2 feet to 1 foot, the other foot landing in sur le coup-de-pied in back
  5. 6. little or small
  6. 9. to escape; a jumping exercise in which both legs “escape” to second position from either first position or third position
  7. 11. jumped or jumping