Terminology Tuesday Étendu
Dancers are familiar with the word tendu and that it means stretched. But here is a new one: étendu. I know, it sounds like some oddly-pronounced computer lingo like e-commerce
or something. But no.
Étendu [ay-than-DEW] means outstretched or extended.
But it goes beyond that in ballet. Étendu
is the second half of a plié – when
the legs straighten.
I’ll bet you didn’t know that half of
the plié had a name!
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Terminology Secret #86:
“Étendu means extended.”
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