DANCE DREAMS
IT'S TUTU MUCH FUN
DANCE DREAMS VOCABULARY LIST
Below you will find a list of all of the things that your little star will learn in our classes over the
course of the dance year.  We work really hard to make sure that your little dancer is not only
having a great time dancing around but is also learning the art of dance itself complete with the
true names and complex steps required of any dancer.

Ballet Vocabulary
  • Bourrée turn
  • Tendu [tahn-DEW]
  • Battement [bat-MAHN]
  • Posé [poh-ZAY]
  • Arabesque [ah na-ra-BESK]
  • Plié [plee-AY]
  • Jump out Jump in’s
  • Révérence / Cursty [ray-vay-RAHNSS]
  • Relever [ruhl-VAY]
  • Balancé [ba-lahn-SAY]
  • Chassé [sha-SAY]
  • Turnout
  • First Position
  • Second Position
  • Third Position
  • Fourth Position
  • Fifth Position

Tap Vocabulary
  • Jump out Jump in’s
  • Knock on the Back Door
  • Heel Togethers
  • Boogie Woogies
  • Shuffle Step
  • Marches
  • Tap Together
  • Flash Trick Step

Stretching Vocabulary
  • Butterflies
  • Pointe and Flex
  • Stretch

Tumbling Vocabulary
  • Galloped
  • Walk like a Bear
  • Forward Roll
  • Hop like a Frog
  • Backflips
  • Cartwheels
  • Roll like a Log
  • Slide like a Snake
  • Crawl like a Baby
  • Walk like a Crab