In the translations, which English noun is used to translate 'tours' in 'Petits tours'?

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The key idea is vocabulary in ballet. In French, tour means a rotation or turning of the body around a vertical axis. When you see “Petits tours,” it refers to small, controlled rotations, so the natural English noun is “turns.” It’s not leaps (which are jumps) or steps (which are foot placements), and while “spins” could describe turning, the standard Cecchetti translation for this phrase uses the neutral, technical term “turns.”