Which is the correct English translation for 'Petits tours'?

• A. Small turns
• B. Big leaps
• C. Grand steps
• D. Tiny spins

Answer: (A)

Petits tours shows a straightforward idea in ballet vocabulary: the size of the turning movement. Here, petits means small or little, and tours means turns or turning movements. So the literal meaning is small turns, which is exactly what the phrase describes when you’re naming a sequence of gentle, controlled turns.

Knowing this helps you recognize that other options refer to different actions: leaps would be sauts, steps would be pas, and spins isn’t the standard translation of tour in this context. The term specifically signals turns with a smaller range, not leaps or large movements, so small turns is the best fit.