Ballet 3 Vocab Flashcards
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Adage, Adagio
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at ease or leisure
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en l’air
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in the air
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allegro
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lively or brisk
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Arabesque
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basic pose from Moorish Ornament
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en arriere
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backward
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Attitude
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a basic pose, taken from the statue of Mercury
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Assemble
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assembled or joined together
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en avant
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forward
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Balance
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rocking step
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en balancoire
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like a seesaw
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Ballon
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bounce
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Ballonne
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ball-like
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Ballote
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tossed
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Battement
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beating
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Battu
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beaten
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Brise
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broken, beating
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Brise Vole
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Flying brise
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Cabriole
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Caper
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Cambre
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arched
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Chaine tour
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chains, links
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Changement
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to change
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Chasse
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Chased
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en cloche
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like a bell
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Contretemps
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beating against time
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Corps
dancers in a ballet that dance as a group
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de cote
sideways
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sur le cou-de-pied
on the neck of the foot
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Coupe
cutting or to cut
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Couru
running
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Croise
crossed
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en croix
in the shape of a cross
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Deboules
small, very quick half-turns executed alternately on each foot
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en dedans
Inward circular movements of the arms or legs
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Degage
disengaged
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en Dehors
Outward circular movement of arms or legs
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Demi
half
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Derriere
behind or back
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Dessous
under
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Dessus
over
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Detourne
turned aside
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Devant
in the front
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Developpe
to develop
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en diagonale
in a diagonal
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Ecarte
separated, thrown wide apart
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Echappe
to escape
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Efface
shaded
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Eleve
to rise
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Emboite
joined with the feet interlocked
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Entrechat
interweaving or braiding
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Epaulement
shouldering
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en face
facing square to the audience
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Failli
a step where the dancer seems to degage each leg to the front immediately after the other with a small jump
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Ferme
how the legs and feet end in a step
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Fondu, Fondue
to melt
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Fouette
whipped
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Frappe
to strike
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Glissade
to glide
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Grand
big or large
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Jete
to throw or thrown
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Ligne, Line
the outline of the legs the ballet dancer presents while performing steps
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Maneges
circular
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Ouvert
open
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Pas
step
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Pas de basque
step of the basket
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Pas de bourree
step of bourree
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Pas de chat
cat's step
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Pas de cheval
horse's step
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Pas de Poisson
step of the fish
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Pas de trois
dance for three
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Pas de valse
waltz step
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Passe
passed
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Penche
leaning, inclining
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Pique
pricked or to prick
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Pirouette
to whirl or to spin
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Plie
to bend
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sur la Pointe
on the points
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Poisson
fish movement
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Port de bras
carriage of the arms
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en Promenade
a walk
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Releve
raised
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Royale
royal
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Saute de basque
basque jump
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Renverse
a bending of the head and body from the waist while turning
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Revoltade
to turn over
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Serre
the movement strictly stays either in the back or in the front
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Retire
withdrawn
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Reverence
respect
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Ronde de Jambe
round of the leg
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Saute
jumped or jumping
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Sissonne
A jump from two feet and landing on one
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Soubresaut
a ballet jump from and a landing on both feet in closed position
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Sous-sus
under-over
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Soutenu
sustained or to sustain
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Temps
time
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Temps de cuisse
a step of thigh pressure
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Temps de Fleche
the ensemble of movements that come together
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Tour en l'air
turn in the air
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Temps leve
a small hop on one foot, with the other foot raised off the floor
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Temps lie
a series of connected movements that transfer weight from one foot to the other
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Tendu
to stretch
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en Terre
on the ground
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Tombe
to fall
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en Tournant
turning
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Flic-flac
a brushing movement of the foot used as a connecting step
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jete battu
jete beaten
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petit jete
small jete
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grand jete
large jete
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entrelacee
interlaced
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entrelacee
interlaced
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tour gete
a high turning leap in ballet starting with battement and finishing in arabesque
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Pas de deux
dance for two
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Pas de quatre
dance for four
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Corps de ballet
the chorus of the ballet
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Solo
dance for one
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Ballet
A classical Western dance form that originated in the Renaissance courts of Europe. By the times of Louis the XIV (mid- 1600’s), steps and body positions underwent codifications.
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Choreography
The creation and composition of dances by arranging or inventing steps, and patterns of movement for a ballet or dance composition
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Divertissement
enjoyable diversion
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Variation
A quality or range of different things
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Coda
the concluding section of a ballet
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Finale
the last dance or section of a ballet
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a la second
to the side
