This is a position of the arms in which the arms are
held rounded in front of the body with the fingertips on a level with the bottom
of the breastbone. The backs of the hands face outward with the arms rounded so
that the elbows are a little below the shoulders and the wrists a little below
the elbows with the point of the elbows imperceptible. This position corresponds
to the fifth position en avant of the Cecchetti method and the first position of
the Russian and French Schools. When the arms are raised from a low position to
a high one, the arms generally pass through the gateway.
