Grade 2

All material contained in Grade 1 with the addition of the following:

Theory

Positions of the Head:

Photo Erect Turned Inclined

Positions of the Arms:

Cinquième en bas – Fifth low

Cinquième en avant – Fifth front

Cinquième en haut – Fifth high

Seconde – Second

Positions of the Feet:

Première – First

Seconde – Second

Troisième – Third

Quatrième – Fourth

Cinquième – Fifth

Fixed Points of the Room:

Movements in Dancing:

Plier – To bend

Sauter – To jump

Basic Steps: (candidate will be asked to demonstrate individually)

Sauté – Jump in 1st – Soutenu or de suite

Changement – Changing – Soutenu or de suite

Échappé relevé – Escaped rise – Soutenu or de suite

Échappé sauté – Escaped jump – Soutenu or de suite

Galops – Forwards

Pas de chat – Step of the cat – Soutenu or de suite

Petits jetés – Small thrown steps – Devant or derrière

Polka – Fowrard

Chassé – Chased – In all directions

Temps levé – Lifted movement – Devant or derrière

Vocabulary

Arabesque – A long extended line with one leg in the back

Changement – Changing

chassé chased

De suite – Continuous, immediately one after the other

Derrière – Behind

Devant – In front

Développé – Developed or unfolded

Grand battment – Large beating

Pas de chat – Step of the cat

Petit jeté – Small thrown step

Relevé – Raised

Rond de jambe – Circle of the leg

Soutenu – Sustained

Temps levé – Lifted movement

Temps lié – Linked movement