Grade 4

All material contained in the previous Grades with the addition of the following:

Theory

Positions of the Arms:

Quatrième en avant – Fourth in front

Quatrième en haut – Fourth high

Traditional pas de chat

Arabesques:

Second Arabesque

Body Positions:

Croisé Devant – Crossed in front

Croisé Derrière – Crossed in back

Écarté – Spread apart, thrown wide open

Movements in Dancing:

Glisser – To glide

Tourner – To turn

Basic Steps:

Candidate will be asked to demonstrate individually soutenu or de suite

Balancé – Rocking movement – En avant, en arrière

Échappé fermé avec battu – escaped, closing with a beat

Glissade – Gliding step – devant, derrière

Pas de bourrée – Bourrée step or stuffed step – Devant, derrière

Sissonne fermé – Sissone closed – En avant, en arrière

Vocabulary

Battu – Beaten

Chaîné – Chain of steps

Cou-de-pied – Neck of the foot (ankle)

Croisé derrière – Crossed in back

Croisé devant – Crossed in front

Écarté – Spread apart, to separate or move apart

En arrière – Backwards

En bas – Low

En croix – In the form of a cross

En haut – High

Fermé – Closed

Fondu – Melted

Glissade – Gliding step

Ouvert – Opened

Passé – Passed

Petits tours – Small turns

Sissonne – Named after step’s creator

Soubresaut – Sudden leap or bound