Assemble: (ah sem blay) Sometimes also pas assemble. Literally 'assembled'. A movement where the first foot performs a battement glisse/degage, 'swishing' out. With the dancer launching into a jump, the second foot then swishes up under the first foot. The feet meet together in mid-air, and the dance lands with both feet on the floor at the same time, in third or fifth position.

 

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Assemble: (ah sem blay) Sometimes also pas assemble. Literally 'assembled'. A movement where the first foot performs a battement glisse/degage, 'swishing' out. With the dancer launching into a jump, t . . . View Full Definition

Brise: A jump. One leg is thrust from the fifth position to the second position in the air: the second leg reaches the first in mid-air executing a beat. It is a traveling movement: the dancer exec . . . View Full Definition

Dessous: Literally 'under'. Used where the front leg is brought to the back, in techniques such as the assemble, pas de bourree, and glissade.

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