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  Have you ever been to a dance class for the first time and wondered what certain terms that teachers were saying were leaving you scratching your head?  Today, I wanted to discuss those terms with you and what they mean. These terms are often used in every dance genre and will be good to know and useful in all the classes that you attend in the future.   Pas   De Bourrée - A fundamental ballet move with 3 steps, and translated to English means "step of the bouree". This move is often used for traveling, smooth transitions between larger movements, and also for changing direction or preparing for turns and jumps. It's often performed in many other dance genres like Modern dance, Jazz, Commercial, Musical Theatre, Ballroom, and many other styles.  Pow Wow, aka The Basic Step- A move used in breakdancing and house dance styles. Most commonly used as a way to step in time with the beat, usually moving clockwise. One foot lifts or steps on each beat with a sli...

  Hello Everyone and welcome to the Elemental Studios blog! My name is Coral Barnes, I am the author and writer of this blog. I thought I would take this opportunity to introduce myself to you all, so I hope you enjoy my biography as well as some other fun posts that I will be including on the blog as well. I am an Austin, Texas native that moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado on December 1st, 2022. I took ballet as a kid for a few years, doing it during my elementary school years, but eventually quit that to do tumbling gymnastics. I got interested in dance again during the COVID-19 pandemic in Austin, and during this time, I met my close friend and dance mentor, Haley Sikes, who I had met at a K-pop Club night event who encouraged and motivated me to take hip-hop classes with her at Balance Dance Studios and ElectrikCity Dance Movement. My first hip-hop class was on March 15th, 2020, it was Intermediate/Advanced at the time and I mainly went for my friend Haley since it was her cl...