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Ballet 3 Vocab Flashcards

1
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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

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dancers in a ballet that dance as a group

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de cote

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sideways

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sur le cou-de-pied

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on the neck of the foot

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Coupe

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cutting or to cut

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Couru

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running

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Croise

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crossed

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en croix

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in the shape of a cross

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Deboules

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small, very quick half-turns executed alternately on each foot

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en dedans

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Inward circular movements of the arms or legs

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34
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Degage

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disengaged

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en Dehors

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Outward circular movement of arms or legs

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36
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Demi

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half

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37
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Derriere

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behind or back

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Dessous

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under

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Dessus

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over

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Detourne

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turned aside

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Devant

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in the front

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42
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Developpe

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to develop

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43
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en diagonale

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in a diagonal

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Ecarte

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separated, thrown wide apart

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45
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Echappe

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to escape

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Efface

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shaded

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Eleve

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to rise

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Emboite

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joined with the feet interlocked

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Entrechat

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interweaving or braiding

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Epaulement

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shouldering

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en face

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facing square to the audience

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Failli

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a step where the dancer seems to degage each leg to the front immediately after the other with a small jump

53
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Ferme

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how the legs and feet end in a step

54
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Fondu, Fondue

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to melt

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Fouette

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whipped

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Frappe

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to strike

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Glissade

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to glide

58
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Grand

A

big or large

59
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Jete

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to throw or thrown

60
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Ligne, Line

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the outline of the legs the ballet dancer presents while performing steps

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Maneges

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circular

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Ouvert

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open

63
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Pas

A

step

64
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Pas de basque

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step of the basket

65
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Pas de bourree

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step of bourree

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Pas de chat

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cat’s step

67
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Pas de cheval

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horse’s step

68
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Pas de Poisson

A

step of the fish

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Pas de trois

A

dance for three

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Pas de valse

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waltz step

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Passe

A

passed

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Penche

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leaning, inclining

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Pique

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pricked or to prick

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Pirouette

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to whirl or to spin

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Plie

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to bend

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sur la Pointe

A

on the points

77
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Poisson

A

fish movement

78
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Port de bras

A

carriage of the arms

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en Promenade

A

a walk

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Releve

A

raised

81
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Royale

A

royal

82
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Saute de basque

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basque jump

83
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Renverse

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a bending of the head and body from the waist while turning

84
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Revoltade

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to turn over

85
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Serre

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the movement strictly stays either in the back or in the front

86
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Retire

A

withdrawn

87
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Reverence

A

respect

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Ronde de Jambe

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round of the leg

89
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Saute

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jumped or jumping

90
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Sissonne

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A jump from two feet and landing on one

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Soubresaut

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a ballet jump from and a landing on both feet in closed position

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Sous-sus

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under-over

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Soutenu

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sustained or to sustain

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Temps

A

time

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Temps de cuisse

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a step of thigh pressure

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Temps de Fleche

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the ensemble of movements that come together

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Tour en l’air

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turn in the air

98
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Temps leve

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a small hop on one foot, with the other foot raised off the floor

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Temps lie

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a series of connected movements that transfer weight from one foot to the other

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Tendu

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to stretch

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en Terre

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on the ground

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Tombe

A

to fall

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en Tournant

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turning

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Flic-flac

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a brushing movement of the foot used as a connecting step

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jete battu

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jete beaten

106
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petit jete

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small jete

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grand jete

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large jete

108
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entrelacee

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interlaced

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entrelacee

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interlaced

110
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tour gete

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a high turning leap in ballet starting with battement and finishing in arabesque

111
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Pas de deux

A

dance for two

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Pas de quatre

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dance for four

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Corps de ballet

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the chorus of the ballet

114
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Solo

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dance for one

115
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Ballet

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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

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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

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enjoyable diversion

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Variation

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A quality or range of different things

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Coda

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the concluding section of a ballet

120
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Finale

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the last dance or section of a ballet

121
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a la second

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to the side

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