Which term refers to a 'bourrée step'?

Which term refers to a 'bourrée step'?

• A. Tour en l'air
• B. Bourrée
• C. Tour
• D. Bourrée tour

Answer: (B)

The name of the small, quick stepping movement itself is bourrée. In ballet vocabulary, a bourrée step is the rapid, light footwork performed on the ball of the foot to shuttle the dancer and connect phrases. It’s the basic term that labels this exact step, not a jump or a turn. The other options describe different actions—tour en l’air is a leap with a turn in the air, tour is a turning action on a supporting leg, and bourrée tour would indicate a bourrée performed with a turn, which isn’t the standard name for the step itself. So the correct term for a bourrée step is bourrée.

The name of the small, quick stepping movement itself is bourrée. In ballet vocabulary, a bourrée step is the rapid, light footwork performed on the ball of the foot to shuttle the dancer and connect phrases. It’s the basic term that labels this exact step, not a jump or a turn. The other options describe different actions—tour en l’air is a leap with a turn in the air, tour is a turning action on a supporting leg, and bourrée tour would indicate a bourrée performed with a turn, which isn’t the standard name for the step itself. So the correct term for a bourrée step is bourrée.