PLIES
TENDU WITH ROND JE JAMBE
BATTEMENT KICKS & ARABESQUE
PORT DE BRAS WITH RELEVE AND PREPARATION FOR INSIDE PIROUETTE
STRETCHING
EXERCISE FOR ARABESQUE
EXERCISE #1
Right Foot
Left Foot
EXERCISE #2
EXERCISE #3
Right Foot
Left Foot
EXERCISE #4
EXERCISE #5
Right Foot
Left Foot
PIROUETTE COMBINATION A
PIROUETTE COMBINATION B
Students will perform one 8 bar unseen combination that is choreographed by the examiner.
This combination will include steps that the students have learned in class, but will be combined in a new way.
CLOSED JAZZ FIRST
OPEN JAZZ FIRST
CLOSED JAZZ SECOND
OPEN JAZZ SECOND
JAZZ THIRD (L POSITION / OPPOSITION)
OPEN JAZZ FOURTH
OPEN JAZZ FIFTH
OPEN JAZZ BRAS BAS
CLOSED JAZZ BRAS BAS
JAZZ JACK KNIFE
HALF JAZZ JACK KNIFE
OPEN HIGH V
CLOSED HIGH V
OPEN LOW V
CLOSED LOW V
JAZZ FIRST
JAZZ SECOND
CLASSICAL FIRST
CLASSICAL SECOND
CLASSICAL FIFTH ON RELEVE
FOX TROT TIME - 4/4
MARCH TIME - 2/4
WALTZ TIME - 3/4
BALLCHANGE
Two quick steps done in 1 count.
BATTEMENT
To beat.
BATTEMENT TENDU
Stretched beat.
CHASSE
To chase.
DRAG STEP
Otherwise known as a Jazz glissade.
GALLOP
Travelling to the side.
GRAND BATTEMENT
Big beat.
HOP
To spring into the air on one foot.
JAZZ ROCK
Parallel feet, back leg stretched and turned out, foot pointed.
JAZZ WALK
Turned out front foot, heel down.
LEAP
To spring into the air off of one foot, and land on the other foot.
PIVOT TURN
Two steps (one forward, and one crossed in front) while making a half rotation to face the opposite direction.
PLIE
To bend.
PORT DE BRAS
Carriage of the arms.
RELEVE
To rise.
RETIRE
To withdraw.
ROND DE JAMBE
Round of the leg.
SAUTE
To jump.
SPOT
Whipping of the head while turning.
TENDU
To point or stretch.