Jazz Dance Terms PDF

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _______ Jazz Dance Terms 1. This is a half turn where the dancer steps to the front and turns their body the A. Ball change opposite direction without lifting their feet 2. The...

Name: _____________________________________________________ Date: _______ Jazz Dance Terms 1. This is a half turn where the dancer steps to the front and turns their body the A. Ball change opposite direction without lifting their feet 2. The active of whipping your head around so that you do not get dizzy B. releve' 3. This is a traveling step that consist of 3 steps and an up, up, down rhythm C. triplet 4. This moves involves strutting across the floor in style and confidence on the D. pirouette balls of your feet with a slight bend in your knees 5. This is a 3 step done in plie' that utilizes the pattern behind, side, front E. chasse' 6. A kick where the straight leg crosses in front of the supporting leg and circles F. pas de bouree around in the opposite direction 7. A high kick. The literal translation is beating G. jazz walks 8. Series of half turns that are executed in 1st position H. Battement 9. Full turns performed in 5th position that require the dancer to plie the I. pivot turn supporting leg and step out on to a straight working leg 10. a traveling, jumping move that means chased where the back leg follows the J. spotting front leg for a gallop 11. To rise on your toes K. fan kick 12. Also known as a jete'. This is a jump from 1 foot to the other with the goal of L. soutenu traveling through the air with both legs extended in the air 13. Dance move that involves shifting weight from the ball of one foot to the M. chaine other. 14. A move where the dancer drags one leg behind them, similar to a catwalk N. Drag 15. A turn performed on one foot while the opposite leg is in passe O. leap