Which term describes a sequence that includes three gliding steps changing and two small changes of the feet?

• A. Échappé sauté à la seconde changé, fermé avec un battement, deux changements de pied
• B. Demi-countretemps et assemblé dessus élancé, danced en écarté en diagonale
• C. Trois glissades changés et deux petits changments de pied
• D. Sissonnes

Answer: (C)

In Cecchetti terminology the sequence describes a specific linking pattern: three glissades with a changement, followed by two small changes of feet. A glissade is a sliding transfer from one foot to the other along the floor, and when you add changé after a glissade you’re signaling that the feet switch position as you glide—so each of those three glissades ends with a change of the leading foot. After completing those three glissades with changes, two quick, small changes of feet are used to tidy the line and prepare for the next movement, without turning into full glides or jumps.

This combination—three glissades changés plus two petits changements de pied—matches exactly the description given in the question, which is why it’s the best choice. The other terms refer to different step patterns or jumps that don’t describe this specific sequence of glissades with changes.