the toes),
glisse (to slide), assemble (to close the feet).

_Grand Battement_--High beating.

_Jete_--To leap or throw the weight from one foot to the other.

_Movement_--An activity of the body from a resting position; also a
change from one activity to another.

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The nine standard dancing Movements are:

(1) _Droit_--to swing the foot forward and backward;
(2) _Overt_--to swing the foot from right to left;
(3) _Glisse_--to slide;
(4) _Tourne_--to turn;
(5) _Tortiller_--to twist;
(6) _Battu_--to beat;
(7) _Saute_--to hop;
(8) _Jete_--to leap;
(9) _Coupe_--to cut.

_Pas_--A step.

_Pas Ballonne_--A combination of hop, step, hop.

_Pas Boiteaux_--A limping step in three movements: Hop on right foot
and raise left leg forward with the knee straight; step forward on
left foot; step forward on right foot.

_Pas de Basque_--A step of three movements: Demi rond de jambe, jete
(describe half circle in air with leg, leap); glisse (slide); coupe
(cut).

_Pas de Bourree_--(Stuffing step.) Three little steps on ball of the
foot.

_Pas de Chat_--(Cat step.) Four sideward movements: Leap, slide, step,
step.

_Pas Marche_--(Marching step.) Four movements: step, swing, step,
close.

_Pas Sissonne_--Imitation of opening or closing of a pair of scissors,
done by bending in fifth position, hopping to one side, at the same
time lifting opposite leg in second position; then leg down in front
and assemble in front with the leg that did the hop.

_Petit Battement_--Low beating.

_Petit Battement avec Port de Bras_--Low bending [Transcriber's Note:
beating?] with arm movements.

_Petit Battement sur le Cou de Pied_--Small beatings around the ankle.

_Petite Rond de Jambe_--Small foot circles described on the floor.

_Plier_--To bend the knees.

_Pirouette_--An artistic turn executed on one foot.

_Pointe_--The toe.

_Port de Bras_--Carriage of the arms. The five arm movements are:
Bending, stretching, raising, lowering, turning.

_Rond de Jambe_--Circles in the air executed by the leg.

_Saute_--To hop.

_Step_--A placing of the foot in any direction and transferring the
weight onto it.

_Terre a Terre_--A series of pas de bourrees of four or more steps.

_Three-step Turn_--A complete turn, right or left, in three steps.

_Tortiller_--To turn or twist the leg.

_Tour de Basque_--A basque turn; pirouette de basque.