Education & Community Engagement

This is French for “slip.”

The movement is a sliding step where one foot follows the

other, usually both beginning and ending in fifth

position.

This is French

for “large beat.” The movement is a “kick” in which the

working leg is raised as high as possible while keeping the

rest of the body still. “Kick” is in quotation marks

because the battement should be a controlled lift, not a

throwing of the leg into the air, and the leg must be

controlled as well when coming down. This is also the kick

one associates with a chorus line.

This is French for “largely thrown,” referring to a big

leap that takes off from one leg and lands on the other.