One of the basic poses in ballet, arabesque takes its name from a form of Moorish ornament. In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg . . . with the other leg extended ...

Two boys flying, swivelling around mid-air and then getting into an Arabesque (a ballet position where the dancer stands on one leg with raised leg extended in straight line to rear and foot pointed) ...

Ballet has found itself struggling to keep up with the times when it comes to diversifying. For more than 200 years, ballet positions like the arabesque and Plié have endured almost unchanged, but ...