Which term translates to 'stretched point'?

Which term translates to 'stretched point'?

• A. Battements
• B. Posé
• C. Pointe tendu
• D. En croix

Answer: (C)

Stretched point describes extending the foot along a straight line with the toe fully pointed. In Cecchetti vocabulary, this is expressed as pointe tendue—the foot is kept on the line and lengthened to a pointed end. The idea is about the line of the leg: the foot moves out from the starting position along the line, staying fully stretched and pointed. Battements refer to beating movements of the leg, not a stretched foot along a line. Posé means the foot is placed on the floor with weight, and en croix describes moving in a cross pattern. So the term that matches stretching the point is pointe tendue. (Spelling may appear as tendue or tendu in different sources, but the meaning is the same.)

Stretched point describes extending the foot along a straight line with the toe fully pointed. In Cecchetti vocabulary, this is expressed as pointe tendue—the foot is kept on the line and lengthened to a pointed end. The idea is about the line of the leg: the foot moves out from the starting position along the line, staying fully stretched and pointed.

Battements refer to beating movements of the leg, not a stretched foot along a line. Posé means the foot is placed on the floor with weight, and en croix describes moving in a cross pattern. So the term that matches stretching the point is pointe tendue. (Spelling may appear as tendue or tendu in different sources, but the meaning is the same.)