Battements translates to which movement?

Battements translates to which movement?

• A. Jumps
• B. Turns
• C. Beats
• D. Beatings

Answer: (D)

Battements describe the beating action of the working leg—the leg brushes through its range and strikes outward in a repeated beating motion. That sense of striking or beating is what the term conveys, so in this vocabulary set it’s rendered as “beatings.” This movement is about the leg’s beating action, not about jumping or turning, which would involve leaps or rotations. So the translation that best matches the action is bea tings, capturing the repeated beating of the leg rather than a jump or turn.

Battements describe the beating action of the working leg—the leg brushes through its range and strikes outward in a repeated beating motion. That sense of striking or beating is what the term conveys, so in this vocabulary set it’s rendered as “beatings.” This movement is about the leg’s beating action, not about jumping or turning, which would involve leaps or rotations. So the translation that best matches the action is bea tings, capturing the repeated beating of the leg rather than a jump or turn.