All English vocabulary about jazz dance, including the English names of each movement. With Chinese meaning

Arabesque

Swallow balance: The weight of the body is supported by one leg. The supporting leg can be turned outward or not; the knee can be bent or straight. Fully extend the free leg and lift it as high as possible back into a balanced position.

Attitude

Bent-leg balance: The weight of the body is supported by one leg. The supporting leg can be turned outward or not; the knee can be bent or straight. Bend the free leg forward at the knee and raise it to the side or back (the free leg can be turned outward or not).

Battement

Swinging leg: Lock the knee joint of the swinging leg, swing upward from the hip joint and then swing back to the ground. The technical support leg can be bent or straight, and the foot can be stretched straight or bent. The straight-knee swing leg can be forward, in the second direction or backward.

Chasse / Sashay

Sliding step: one foot steps sideways, the other foot steps next to the first foot, and the first foot takes another step to the side. The action can also be done forward or backward.

Corner & Side Directions

Corner & Side Directions:

Demi-Plie

Bend the knees into a half squat: When bending the knees, the feet The legs can be balanced forward or turned outward (two positions).

Feet Positions

Feet positions: from one to five; the most commonly used ones are one and two.

Grande-Plie

Bend your knees into a deep squat: When doing this movement in positions 1, 4 and 5, keep your heels off the ground, and in position 2, keep your heels on the ground.

Hop

One-legged hop: Taking off and landing on the same foot.

Hitch Kick

Hitch Kick: A kick done in the air. Take off on one foot, bend the knee of the other leg and swing upward to pull the whole body upward. The jumping leg then kicks forward and upward quickly; when kicking out, straighten the foot and keep it straight.

Isolation

Independent movement: independently moving or protruding one part of the body.

Jazz Split

Jazz Split: Straighten the front leg, slide to the ground and turn the back leg outward and flexion. It is customary to press the ground with your hands for cushioning.

Jazz Square

Jazz Square: Use four steps to create a square shape. Example: Cross your right foot in front of your left foot, step behind with your left foot, step sideways with your right foot into two positions, and step forward with your left foot.

Jazz Walk

Jazz Walk: Step with your knees half bent and keep your feet balanced forward. When doing this movement, the head and torso should be extended upward and away from the half-bent leg as much as possible.

Jete

Jumping: A jumping action in which one foot is taken off, the other foot touches the ground first, and the center of gravity is transferred from one foot to the other. Legs spread apart. Jumps can be done forward, backward or sideways. The legs at the rear can be even more flexed.

Jump

Jump: Take off with both feet and land on both feet.

Lay-Out

Align with the central axis: The body parts directly connected to the spine (i.e. head, rib cage and pelvis) are placed in line with the spine. The movement can be forward, backward or sideways.

Outside Turn

Outside Turn: A one-legged spinning action. If you turn right, your left foot is the supporting leg; if you turn left, your right foot is the supporting leg.

Parallel Position

Parallel position: the extension lines of the two body parts are parallel. Take the feet and legs as an example. When standing with two legs apart, when both feet and knees point forward, they form a parallel posture.

Passé

Single-leg knee lift: Lift the knee along the inner edge of the supporting leg with the movable leg until the straight toes are on the inside of the knee of the supporting leg.

Percussive

Describes strong and rapid movements.

Pirouette

Single-leg rotation: Rotate on one foot in place. The moving leg usually bends the knee and the straight toes are placed on the inside of the knee of the supporting leg.

Plie

To flex: In French, any flexion movement in the body is also called plié. In dance, it often refers to the movement of bending the knees.

Plie-Releve Position

Bend your knees and raise your heels: an important position in jazz dance. Bend your knees and lift your heels off the ground. Control of the movement should come from the thigh muscles.

Release

Release: Relax a tense part of the body, or stretch a particular part of the body.

Releve

Heel lift or heel lift: The knee can be bent or straightened.

Rond De Jambe

Semi-circular leg swing: With the movable leg completely straight, the toes touch the ground lightly in front, draw a semicircle along the ground and move it to the back, or move it from the back to the front. Leg swing.

Seat Spin

Seat Spin: Use the hips as the fulcrum and axis to rotate when sitting. Often push the ground by hand to start.

Spiral

Spiral: The body trunk makes a spiral twist.

Split

One-character horse/split eight-character: the action of sitting on the ground with your legs spread front and back or left and right.

Sustained

Continuation in the same action: Extending an action to give the action a sense of continuation.

Tabletop Position

Tabletop position: Bend the upper body forward from the hip joint, and pull the head, neck and entire back into a straight line. The knees can be bent or straight, but it is more difficult to perform a tabletop posture when the knees are bent.

Tendu

(wipe the floor) into pointe point: the soles of the feet rub the floor and push out, the insteps arch outward, the heels are raised as high as possible, but the toes are still on the ground. This action can be performed in all directions.

Three-Step Turn (side)

Three-Step Turn: Use three steps (left-right-left or right-left-right) to complete a 360 turn.

Torso Twist

Trunk Twist: The pelvis remains facing one direction, while the upper body, including chest, shoulders, and head, rotates in the other direction.

Two-Step Turn

Two-Step Turn: Use two steps (left-right or right-left) to complete a 360 turn.

Turned In

Inversion/varus: Refers to the foot, knee and hip joints turning inward to form a "turn-in foot".

Turned Out

Turn out/valgus ("open position"): Refers to the foot, knee and hip joints turning outward, so that the toes are at an angle. (Those who can turn extremely outward can put their feet in a straight line.)

V-Position Sit

V-shaped sitting position: Sit on your buttocks and tighten your abdominal muscles and thighs The front muscles lift the legs off the ground. Put your legs together and raise your arms upwards in a V shape. Back straight and torso aligned forward.