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In dance (particularly ballet), arabesque (French: [aʁabɛsk]; literally, "in Arabic fashion") is a body position in which a dancer stands on one leg (the supporting leg) with the other leg (the working leg) extended, straight, behind the body. The arm positions can vary and are generally allongé. The foot of the supporting leg may be flat on ...
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Cross-body lead. Cross-body lead is a common and useful move in Latin dances such as salsa, mambo, rumba and cha-cha-cha. Basically, the leader, on counts 2 and 3 of their basic step (assuming dancing on 1), does a quarter-left turn (90° counter-clockwise) while still holding on to the follower. On counts 4 and 5, the follower is led forward ...
Ballet (French: [balɛ]) is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the ...
Dance terms. Different styles of dance have their own terminology. The following articles contain information on dance terms: Glossary of ballet terms. Glossary of belly dance terms. Glossary of country dance terms. Glossary of dance moves.
There are two basic positions of the arms in ballet. In one, the dancer keeps the fingers of both arms fully touching to form an oval shape, either almost touching the hips, or at navel level, or raised above the dancer's head. In the other, the arms are extended to the sides with the elbows slightly bent. These positions may be combined to ...
Aplomb. In classical ballet, aplomb (French pronunciation: [aplɔ̃]) refers to an unwavering stability maintained during a vertical pose or movement. The word is of French origin, with "aplomb" meaning "perpendicularity", literally "according to the plummet ". [1][2][3] French ballet master Jean-Étienne Despréaux used the term in 1806 to ...