Grade 3

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

Theory

Positions of the Head:

Positions of the Arms:

Première – First

Demi Seconde for adage – Half Second for adage

Demi Seconde for allegro – Half Second for allegro

Arabesques:

Body Positions:

À la quatrième devant – To the fourth in front

À la seconde – To the second

À la quatrième derrière – To the fourth in back

Movements in Dancing:

étendre – To stretch

Relever – To rise

Basic Steps:

Candidate will be asked to demonstrate individually

Assemblé – Assembled – Dessus and dessous, soutenu

Balancé – Rocking motion – De côté

Jeté – Thrown – Dessus and dessous

Pas de bourrée bourrée – Step or stuffed step – Under, soutenu or de suite

Posé coupé – Placed or posed cut – Forwards

Balletic Polka – Hop, step, close, jeté – En avant & de côté

Vocabulary

Á la quatrième derrière – To the fourth back

Á la quatrième devant – To the fourth in front

Á la seconde – To the second

Á terre – On the ground

Assemblé – Assembled or gathered

Autour de la salle – Around the room

Balancé – Sway or rocking movement

Battement dégagé – Disengaged beating

Battement frappé – Struck beating

Coupé – Cut

Dessous – Under

Dessus – Over

Échappé – Escaped

En avant – Forwards

En dedans – Inwards

En dehors – Outwards

Pas de bourree bourrée – Step or stuffed step

Posé – Posed or placed

Relevé cinquième – Rise in fifth

Tour en l’air – Turn in the air