Explain rond de jambe en dehors and en dedans performed at the barre, including direction and plane of movement.

Explain rond de jambe en dehors and en dedans performed at the barre, including direction and plane of movement.

• A. En dehors: back to front; en dedans: front to back; movement on a bent supporting leg.
• B. En dehors: front to back; en dedans: back to front; movement on a straight supporting leg with hips twisted.
• C. Rond de jambe en dehors is a seated exercise.
• D. En dehors: a semicircular movement moving away from the supporting leg (front to back); en dedans: the reverse (back to front); movement on a straight supporting leg with hips square and turnout maintained.

Answer: (D)

Rond de jambe en dehors and en dedans at the barre means drawing a semicircular path with the working leg on the floor around the supporting leg, and doing so in the transverse (horizontal) plane. The direction terms tell you how that semicircle travels: en dehors is from the front toward the back, moving the leg away from the supporting leg; en dedans is the reverse, from back toward the front, moving toward the supporting leg. To perform this correctly, keep the supporting leg straight, the hips square, and the turnout maintained throughout so the pelvis stays stable and the alignment is clean. This combination—semicircular path on the floor, front-to-back for en dehors and back-to-front for en dedans, with a straight supporting leg and stable turnout—is why this description is the best fit.

Rond de jambe en dehors and en dedans at the barre means drawing a semicircular path with the working leg on the floor around the supporting leg, and doing so in the transverse (horizontal) plane. The direction terms tell you how that semicircle travels: en dehors is from the front toward the back, moving the leg away from the supporting leg; en dedans is the reverse, from back toward the front, moving toward the supporting leg. To perform this correctly, keep the supporting leg straight, the hips square, and the turnout maintained throughout so the pelvis stays stable and the alignment is clean. This combination—semicircular path on the floor, front-to-back for en dehors and back-to-front for en dedans, with a straight supporting leg and stable turnout—is why this description is the best fit.