Dance Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. 1 foot steps in front of the other and then the body pivots around back into the original position
  2. 4. a change of weight distribution on the balls of the feet
  3. 8. a bending movement of the knees
  4. 9. can be done with multiple parts of the body using ribs and hips
  5. 11. a controlled fall from an isolated positon
  6. 13. rapid traveling turnswith feet opening and closting and arms in first and second
  7. 16. when you connect your foot to the front side, or back of of you ankle and turn on the supporting leg
  8. 19. circling of the leg done on the floor
  9. 20. what the head should be doing during turns
  10. 21. an arm or leg extended outward and held for a certain amount of time
  11. 22. when 1 leg is extended in front of you while the other is extended behind you resulting in a flat line
Down
  1. 1. includes 3 step, 3 shifts of weight and ending in a closed position
  2. 2. known as a kick
  3. 5. a turning jump often beginning with a chaine when fanning 1 leg out in front of you and pulling and supporting leg turned in and bent on the side
  4. 6. a step turn that changes the direction you're facing by stepping and twisting your body to face the other way
  5. 7. stationary or turning body position supported by 1 leg with t the free leg bent at a 90 degree angle at the knee
  6. 10. 2 steps that changes the weight from 1 foot to the other
  7. 12. supporting leg is straight, working leg is in passe, and turning on releve arms in first
  8. 14. the body is in place while 1 leg starts inward and kicks all the way around to its original position
  9. 15. a galloping motion as 1 foot "chases" the other
  10. 17. a jump kick turned out while your body goes the opposite way of the kicking leg
  11. 18. leap in the air in which both legs are extended in a split above the ground