[click logo to view] Rebecca Massey demonstrating a fondu. (159k)	Fondu, fondue [fawn-DEW]
	Sinking down. A term used to describe a lowering of the body made by bending the knee of the supporting leg. Saint-Léon wrote, "Fondu is on one leg what a plié is on two." In some instances the term fondu is also used to describe the ending of a step when the working leg is placed on the ground with a soft and gradual movement.