Demonstrated By Laura Carolina Morelli a master graduate of Ballet for Figure Skaters program and co-owner of “Skate to Soar” in Toronto, Canada Just as in my previous article “The Importance of Plié”, Tendu (or Battement Tendu) is a fundamental part of almost every move we make – whether in skating or in dance. Plié is how we prepare, but Tendu is how we move. The genius of Russian ballet Methodology, Agrippina Y. Vaganova, said that it is the very foundation of the entire b