Port de bras en dehors describes which movement?

• A. An inward movement of the arms toward the center, typically from 5th to 3rd or 4th.
• B. A circular movement of the arms at shoulder height with no change in position.
• C. An outward movement of the arms around the body away from the center, typically from 5th to 2nd.
• D. A quick lifting of the arms overhead.

Answer: (C)

Port de bras en dehors is an outward circular movement of the arms away from the center of the body, performed at about shoulder height. In practice, you start with the arms in fifth position and sweep the arms around the body to second position, keeping the motion outward rather than toward the center. The word en dehors signals this outward direction; moving inward would be en dedans. It’s a circular arc with a change of position, not a static circle, and it’s not performed with the arms lifted overhead, which would be a different port de bras pattern.