Modern

Front 1

Alignment

Back 1

the placement of all the parts of the body in relationship to each other

Front 2

Succession

Back 2

sequential path of movement through the parts of the body

Front 3

Opposition

Back 3

a way of using the entire body to create the feeling of length and stretch in a movement, without tensing or gripping the muscles

Front 4

Fall

Back 4

the complete release of the muscles as the body, giving in to gravity, drops

Front 5

Suspension

Back 5

a prolonged high point

Front 6

Fall and Recovery

Back 6

is a synthesis resulting from the interaction of two opposites: a period of unbalance and a period of relative balance

Front 7

Plie

Back 7

bent, bending; a bending of the knee or knees

Front 8

Releve

Back 8

raised; a raising of the body on the balls of your feet

Front 9

Tendu

Back 9

stretched

Front 10

Degage

Back 10

disengaged or disengaging step

Front 11

Grand Battement

Back 11

Large battement; an exercise in which the working leg is raised from the hip into the air and brought down again, the accent being on the downward movement, both knees straight

Front 12

Contraction

Back 12

is the physical process of shortening the distance between the two ends of a muscle

Front 13

Locomotor Movement

Back 13

actions that take the body through space

Front 14

Axial Movement

Back 14

movements that occur on or around an axis; example of this is all the warm up exercises we do every week

Front 15

Change of Weight

Back 15

any shift of weight of the body from one member point of the body to another, as in a walking step, a rocking step, etc