Begin warm-ups or dance moves with plies. This bend of the knees can be either a demi-plié (small bend) or grand plié with the heels leaving the floor to create a larger bend.
Strengthen feet and legs for more advanced ballet dance steps with battement tendus, or beating stretches. Slide the foot out to the front, side or back in a straight line and back to the previous placement.
Form a semicircle with the foot with ronds de jambs, which is a circle of the leg. Perform this ballet move from front to back or back to front and either on the ground or in the air, moving the leg to form a semicircle.
Use power and athleticism to perform a changement, which is a change of the feet. From fifth position, jump straight into the air with feet and legs straight, switching the front foot to the back at the last moment.
Perform ballet dance steps called releves, which means to rise. Move from a position with the feet flat on the floor to rise up onto either half point or full point.