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Q: What is the name for a Ballet leap with one outstretched leg?
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In Ballet a leap in the air with one leg outstretched and the other beating against it?

That is what we call a type of jete (forget what it's called at the moment), which is a type of dancing ballet. There are different types; brisees and batteries.


What is a ballet leap starting with c?

A Cabriole: ["caper"]. A step of elevation in which the extended legs are beaten in the air. The working leg is thrust into the air and the underneath leg follows and beats against the first leg sending it higher. The landing is made on the underneath leg.


What are ballet steps and leaps?

I'm not quite sure what you mean by steps, but leaps are when you do some form of traveling step ( I prefer a tombe, pa de burre, glisad then leap) and then you go into a leap or jete. You raise your front leg, push into the air with your back, try to do a split in the air, and land on your front leg.


What does supporting leg mean in ballet?

If you are standing on one leg (with the other leg off the ground), that leg is called your supporting leg because it is supporting you.


What is a Ballet leg bend?

If you mean one leg then; Fondue. If you mean both legs then; Plie


How do you spell a turn in ballet?

Pirouette (a turn done on one leg with the other leg in passe)


What is the best definition of the word Arabesque?

It means Arab-like. It's usually used to refer to a type of architecture which is influenced by Arab design. It also refers to a ballet move.


What is the definition of a rond de jambe in ballet?

Round of the leg


In ballet what do you call the movement where the leg is extended straight out from the supporting leg with the foot fully pointed?

arabesque


What is a ballet step where the leg closest to the barre is extended to the front?

a developpe


What muscles in the leg are you mainly using in ballet?

every. single. one.


What is the word for ballet move when dancer raises a leg above waist to vertical position?

Leg mount? grande battement?