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A significant part of ballet terminology is in French language.
Unless there is much to say about a specific term, there is no reason to put each and every of them into a separate article.
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(Literally: in Arabic fashion) A pose in which the dancer is standing on one leg, the other leg (with the knee straight) is extended behind the body, one hand is usually in front of the body. The back leg may either touch the floor or be elevated by an appropriate angle. See also: Attitude.
A pose in which the dancer is standing on one leg, the other leg is raised behind, to side or in front of the body with the knee bent. See also: Arabesque.
This is a common abbreviation for "tours chaînés déboulés", which is a series of quick turns on alternating feet with progression along a straight line or circle. In classical ballet it is done on the points or demi-pointes (on the balls of the feet).
Rotation of the shoulders and head relative to the hips in a pose or a step.
When one stands with the feet heel to heel, preferably with a degree of 180 (a straght line). If we make "0" the heel and "----" the foot, the first position should look something like this:
French: "To whip"; pronounced 'fweh-TAY'. A movement on one leg that requires the dancer to change the hip and torso direction while maintaining the leg direction and position.
Literally, movement. A pas de une is a dance for one, a pas de deux is a dance for two.
(Literally: circle of the leg).
Rond de jambe a tierre is rond de jambe on the ground. The moving leg describes a semicircle on the floor, either from front to back (rond de jambe en dehors) or from back to front (rond de jambe en dedans), between the fourth positions front and back.
Rond de jambe en l'air is rond de jambe in the air. It can also be en dedans and en dehors. The movement is only below the knee of the working leg. It can be done in two positions of the working thigh: at 90º and at 45º. If he thigh of the working leg is horizontal, the toe of the working leg draws an oval approximately between the knee of the support leg and the second position in the air. If the thigh of the working leg is semi-elevated (demi-position), then the working oval is to the calf of the support knee.
Grand rond de jambe is executed with the supporting leg in plié.
Demi grand rond de jambe is executed with the supporting leg in demiplié.
Legs are apart (more than shoulder width), toes turned out, at 180 degrees or slightly less. Chematicallly it may look like as follows ("0" marks heels, "---" marks feet).
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