chassé
Ballet's sliding step
A chassé is a gliding dance step where one foot slides to the side and the other foot closes to meet it, used in ballet, ballroom, and folk dancing.
The word comes from French for "chased," as one foot appears to chase the other.
As a verb, to chassé is to perform this step: She chasséd across the stage.
Ballet knee-bending movement
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
- jetéBallet jumping step
- pirouetteBallet turn on one foot
- pas de deuxBallet for two dancers
cabriole · glissade · relevé · tendu · dégagé · ballerina · danseur · barre
Move with effortless continuity
- slideSmooth continuous movement
- smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
- fluidSubstance that flows
- gracefulElegant in movement
swift · light · floating · skimming · traveling · sideways · diagonal · crossing
plié
Ballet knee-bending movement
pas de deux · cabriole · glissade · relevé · tendu · dégagé · ballerina · danseur · barre · pointe
glide
Move with effortless continuity
graceful · swift · light · floating · skimming · traveling · sideways · diagonal · crossing · chasing
sidestep
Evade by moving aside
traveling · lateral · footwork · timing · count · placement · spotting · elevation · coordination · weight transfer
waltz
Dance in three-quarter time
tango · salsa · jive · rhumba · mambo · pasodoble · swing · partner · sequence · routine
- dance movespirouette, shimmy, waltz, tango, cha-cha
- ballroom dancewaltz, foxtrot, tango, quickstep, cha-cha
- dance stepsbasic step, side step, back step, forward step, cross step
- footworkpivot turn, sidestep, shuffle, slide, crossover
- sideways movementsidestep, sidle, lateral shuffle, lateral movement, slide
- ballet movesplié, pirouettes, relevé, tendu, dégagé