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Bonus Question: List the PREVIOUS dancers of the week. 1 point for each dancer.

Alicia Alonso, Fernando Bujones, Isaac Hernandez, Evelyn Cisneros, Isadora Duncan, Ruth St. Denis, Charles Weidman

Step: Brushing the foot out so that the foot is pointed and the toe is touching the floor.

Tendu

Step: brushing the foot to a small kick with pointed toes.

dégagé

Body placement or posture; the relationship of the skeleton to the line of gravity and the base of support.

Body Alignment

Step: performing a step to the front, side, back, and side again. On the cross.

En Croix

Step: A swinging step of the leg. On the clock.

En cloche

The state of bodily symmetry characterized by complete stillness and minimal swaying.

Balance

The part of a class where we dance from one side of the room to the other.

Across the floor

Step: Circle of the leg

Rond de jambe

The process of spontaneously creating movement.

Improvisation

The composition and arrangement of dances.

Choreography

Step: When the toe touches the ankle and the leg creates a triangle shape. To cut.

Coupé

Step: When the toe touches the knee to create a flag or triangle shape with the leg.

Passé

Step: Rising up on the toes/to rise

Relevé

Step: A bend of the knees/to bend

Plié

Which of the dance styles that we've learned is typically done barefoot?

modern

What style is described as "a free, expressive style of dancing started in the early 20th century as a reaction to classical ballet"?

Modern

What dance style is described as "an artistic dance form performed to music using precise & highly formalized set steps & gestures. It originated in Renaissance Italy & is characterized by light, graceful, fluid moves & use of pointe shoes"

Ballet