Dance Vocabulary

2. Manipulation of the spine in a sequence from either head to pelvis or pelvis to head.
5. To bend Bending the knees and straightening again
6. Heels together, toes turned out
7. Feet hip distance apart
8. Turn around a center point. One foot steps forward and you turn towards the back leg to change direction.
10. extending the leg until the toes touch the floor.
12. Turn on one foot, with the other foot in passe
13. Moving one body part while the rest is frozen.
14. Swing of the leg as high as mobility allows in a specific direction
16. Toes are forward, heels are back
18. To pass- toe to knee

1. Circle position of the arms in the front of the body.
3. 2 steps- transfer of your weight onto the ball of one foot followed by a step on the other
4. Arms in a circle position above the head.
8. 3 steps- back, side, front
9. Arms to the side of the body.
11. 3 steps to turn in a full circle
15. One foot steps and the next foot steps on the ball of the foot.
17. Jump straight into the air- landing in the same position you started in.