Kids at the Madison Square Boys and Girls Club are learning brand new vocabulary: piroutte, tendu, battement fondu — all part of the BE BOLD after-school ballet program created by the Misty ...

Plie, tendu: A look at ballet lessons at OBT Published: Mar. 15, 2009, 10:00 a.m.

Wherever ballet is studied, the names of the steps are in French: tendu, grande battement, pirouette, tour en l’air, etc. Discover the five basic positions, how ballet began and how it ...