Making a Dancer · Center

Beginner

These are steps that someone just starting Ballet should be working on. Of course, a beginning 6 year old has to go slower than a beginning 12 year old or an adult beginner. The older person can and should advance much faster. In looking at the steps listed as Beginner, be sure and look at the simplest version. By the way, all beginners should know the Pre-Ballet steps.

▶ Play all 24 steps in order
Arabesque 1(air-ra-besk)Assemblé 1(ah-som-blay)Balancé 1(bal-lon-say)Ballet walk(bah-lay walk)Chaîné turns(sheh-nay turns)Changement(shanz-mahn)Echappé 1(eh-sha-pay)Echappé 2(eh-sha-pay)éChassé 1(shah-say)Fish 1(fish)Glissade 1(gle-sahd)Grand jeté(grahn-zheh-tay)Jeté petit 1(zheh-tay-p'tee)Pas de bourrée 1(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de bourrÈe 2(pah-da-boo-ray)Pas de chat 1(pah-da-sha)Polka(pol-ka)Port de bras(por-dih-brah)Sauté 1(so-tay)Sit to the floor(sit to the floor)Soubresaut 1(soo-bree-soh)Sous-sus(soo-soo)Spotting(spotting)Step courtsey(step courtsey)