Which movement involves a lift into a single leg extension from a broader stance, often held briefly before closure?

Which movement involves a lift into a single leg extension from a broader stance, often held briefly before closure?

• A. Posés développés
• B. Développé grand
• C. Relevé en arabesque
• D. Pas de valse

Answer: (A)

Posés développés is about lifting from a grounded, broader base into a single-leg extension and then briefly holding that extended line before returning to the starting position. You begin with the working foot placed on the floor in posé (a grounded, ready position) or in a wider stance, and then the leg develops upward into a full extension while turnout is maintained. The key idea is the transition from two feet into a lifted, extended leg, often held momentarily to register the line before you close back to the floor or into the next step. The other options describe different actions: a grand développé emphasizes a larger, continuous extension but not necessarily from a grounded posé with a brief hold; relevé en arabesque involves rising on one leg into arabesque with the other leg extended and held, focusing on balance and alignment rather than the specific posé-to-développé transition; and pas de valse is a waltz-like traveling step, not an isolated lift into a single-leg extension.

Posés développés is about lifting from a grounded, broader base into a single-leg extension and then briefly holding that extended line before returning to the starting position. You begin with the working foot placed on the floor in posé (a grounded, ready position) or in a wider stance, and then the leg develops upward into a full extension while turnout is maintained. The key idea is the transition from two feet into a lifted, extended leg, often held momentarily to register the line before you close back to the floor or into the next step.

The other options describe different actions: a grand développé emphasizes a larger, continuous extension but not necessarily from a grounded posé with a brief hold; relevé en arabesque involves rising on one leg into arabesque with the other leg extended and held, focusing on balance and alignment rather than the specific posé-to-développé transition; and pas de valse is a waltz-like traveling step, not an isolated lift into a single-leg extension.