Making a Dancer · Center
Intermediate II
These are steps you learn after the Intermediate I steps. These are steps that really start to get hard. If you have been sloppy in learning your basic steps, you should go back and practice them some more. At this level, you should be ready to work extra on spotting, extension, the nine body positions, better placement, strength, turns and remembering combinations. Also at this level, you should start performing with your school's ballet productions. You could be as young as 12 or 13 years old at this level, or you could be an adult ... depending on your level of training. By the way, all Intermediate II dancers should know all of the pre-ballet, beginning and Intermediate I steps.
▶ Play all 101 steps in orderArabesque 1(air-ra-besk)Arabesque 2(air-ra-besk)Arm positions(arm positions)Assemblé 1(ah-som-blay)Assemblé 2(ah-som-blay)Assemblé 3(ah-som-blay)Attitude(ah-te-tewd)Balancé 1(bal-lon-say)Balancé 2(bal-lon-say)Ballet walk(bah-lay walk)Ballonné 1(ba-law-nay)Body positions(body positions)Bourreé couru 1(boo-ray-koo-ru)Bourreé couru 2(boo-ray-koo-ru)Brisé 1(bree-zay)Brisé 2(bree-zay)Brisé volé(bree-zay-voh-lay)Cambré(kahm-bray)Chaîné turns(sheh-nay turns)Changement(shanz-mahn)Chassé 2(shah-say)Chassé 3(shah-say)Chassé pas de bourrée(shah-say-pa-de-boo-ray)Coupé 1(koo-pay)Coupé 2(koo-pay)Coupé-jeté(koo-pay-zheh-tay-ahn-toor-nahn)Croisé(craw-zay)Echappé 1(eh-sha-pay)Echappé 2(eh-sha-pay)Echappé 3(eh-sha-pay)éChassé 1(shah-say)Effacé(eh-fa-say)Elancé(el-lahn-say)Entrechat quatre(ahn-tra-shah-katra)Entrechat royal(ahn-tra-shah-raw-yal)Entrechat trois(ahn-tra-shah-twah)Failli 1(fa-yee)Failli 2(fa-yee)Feet positions(feet positions)Finger turns(finger turns)Fish 1(fish)Fouetté 1(fweh-tay- ahn-toor-nahn)Fouetté 2(fweh-tay)Glissade 2(gle-sahd)Glissade 3(gle-sahd)Glissade 4(gle-sahd)Grand jeté(grahn-zheh-tay)Hand position(hand positions)Head positions(head positions)Jeté petit 1(zheh-tay-p'tee)Jeté petit 2(zheh-tay-p'tee)Partner work(partner work)Pas couru(pah-kah-rue)Pas de basque 1(pah-duh-bask)Pas de basque 2(pah-duh-bask)Pas de bourrée 1(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de bourrÈe 2(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de bourrée 3(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de bourrée 4(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de bourrée couru 1(pah-da-boo-ray-koo-ru)Pas de bourrée couru 2(pah-da-boo-ray-koo-ru)Pas de chat 1(pah-da-sha)Pas de chat 2(pah-da-sha)Piqué 1(pee-kay)Piqué turn 1(pee-kay-turn)Piqué turn 2(pee-kay-turn)Piqué turn 3(pee-kay-turn)Pirouette(peer-oh-wet)Pointe(point)Polka(pol-ka)Port de bras(por-dih-brah)Promenade 1(prohm-nahd)Promenade 2(prohm-nahd)Renversé 1(rahn-ver-say)Retiré 2(ruh-tear-ray)Révérence 1(ray-vay-rahns)Révérence 2(ray-vay-rahns)Saut de basque 1(so-duh-bask)Saut de chat(soh-duh-shah)Sauté 1(so-tay)Sauté 2(so-tay)Sissonne 1(see-sohn)Sissonne 2(see-sohn)Sissonne tombé 1(see-sohn-tohm-bay pah-da-boo-ray)Sit to the floor(sit to the floor)Sixth position 1(sixth position)Sixth position 2(sixth position)Soubresaut 1(soo-bree-soh)Soubresaut 2(soo-bree-soh)Sous-sus(soo-soo)Soutenu en tournant 1(soo-teh-new-ahn-toor-nahn)Spotting(spotting)Step bow 1(step bow)Step bow 2(step bow)Step courtsey(step courtsey)Temps levé 1(tahn-leh-vay)Temps lié(tahn-lee-yay)Tombé(tom-bay)Tour en lair 1(toor-ahn-lair)Tour jeté 1(toor-zheh-tay)Tournant, En(ahn-toor-nahn)