Practice using the head and arms with the legs to warm up the body. Plie combinations are the first combinations we do at the barre.

Degagé meaning to disengage in the pattern of 8, 8, 4, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1.

Practice rond de jambe par terre en dehors (outward) and rond de jambe par terre en dedans (inward).

Frappé, meaning “strike” performed with petit battement, meaning “little beats”.

Practice your developés and arabesque balance at the barre.

A beginning/intermediate grande Battement combination.