Which term is 'Under-over'?

Which term is 'Under-over'?

• A. Attitude
• B. Épaulement
• C. Sous-sus
• D. Piqué

Answer: (C)

Under-over describes a specific foot arrangement in Cecchetti vocabulary. In this term, the feet are in fifth position with one foot very close in front of the other, effectively crossed, and you rise onto the toes or demi-pointe. This tight crossing of the feet on relevé creates a compact, connected line. Attitude isn’t about the feet crossing; it’s a pose with a bent leg typically held in arabesque or retiré position. Épaulement refers to how the shoulders and torso align and rotate with the head, not the feet. Piqué is a step taken onto the pointe or ball of the foot, not the crossed foot position described by under-over. So the term that matches “Under-over” is the one describing the tightly crossed fifth position on relevé.

Under-over describes a specific foot arrangement in Cecchetti vocabulary. In this term, the feet are in fifth position with one foot very close in front of the other, effectively crossed, and you rise onto the toes or demi-pointe. This tight crossing of the feet on relevé creates a compact, connected line.

Attitude isn’t about the feet crossing; it’s a pose with a bent leg typically held in arabesque or retiré position. Épaulement refers to how the shoulders and torso align and rotate with the head, not the feet. Piqué is a step taken onto the pointe or ball of the foot, not the crossed foot position described by under-over.

So the term that matches “Under-over” is the one describing the tightly crossed fifth position on relevé.