page_title: Glossary of ballet
section_title: Fondu
hierarchical_section_title: Glossary of ballet / F / Fondu
caption_attribution_description: English: Ballet barre exercises: Fondu Suomi: Balettiharjoituksia tangolla: Matala Fondu eteen, sivulle ja taakse.
context_page_description: Because ballet became formalized in France, a significant part of ballet terminology is in the French language.
context_section_description: ([fɔ̃dy]; literally 'melted.') 
  Abbreviation for battement fondu, a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg, the working leg extending out à terre or in the air.  Saint-Léon wrote, "Fondu is on one leg what a plié is on two."  Fondu at the barre often refers to battement fondu développé, where the supporting leg begins fondu with the foot of the working leg at cou-de-pied; the working leg extends out through a petit développé as the supporting leg straightens.
  A term used to modify any one-legged position in order to indicate a bent supporting leg (e.g. arabesque fondu).
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