How to do a Passé

Passé (pah-say) is a dance move in which you are on elevé (high up on the ball of your foot) on one foot, while the other leg meets at the knee. In other words, in passé, the knee is bent, the foot is pointed, and the toe touches the knee of the stance limb. When standing in passe, your feet are in first position turned out, or first position parallel. You can either hold your hands en bas, en avant, or en o (low, at the gateway, or up above your head). A passé looks like this.                             - - - - - - - - - > >



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How to do a Saut de Chat

Saut de Chat(so-di-sha) means "step of the cat". In this dance move, you develope the right(or left) leg and jump from one leg to the other. Kind of like jumping over a puddle. Once you get the main idea, you can start try to get both legs straight and in the air at the same time. If needed, you can always do a chasse or two before starting your saut de chat. The timing for a chasse into saut de chat sequence would go: chasse on your right one, two; step on your left three, jump five down six jump seven down eight. In the middle of a saut de chat, you should be able to take a picture and see both legs straight and at the same height(even if it is low).

How to do an Arabesque

Dance |dans| verb; move rhythmically to music, typically following a set sequence of steps. In this post, you will learn about the move called an arabesque. This is a French term for a certain posture. When doing an arabesque, your body should be supported on one leg and the other leg should be extended backward. The goal is to get your back leg to be parallel to the floor, but for those of you with little to no dance experience, just get your leg as high as you can. When you are doing this move, remember that you don’t want to bend over, you want to keep your back and upper body up and facing front, side, etc. On the left is a picture of an arabesque.