Ballet Flashcards by Courtney Ross

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How many arm positions in the French school?

A

5

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How many feet positions are there?

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5

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How many arm positions in the Russian school?

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3

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Demi plié

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Half bend

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Grand plié

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Full bend

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Battement tendu

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Beat stretch

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Battement dégagé

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Beat disengage

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Battement piqué

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Beat prick

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Battement glissé

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Beat glide

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Battlement frappés

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Beat strike

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Battement fondu

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Beat melt

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En croix

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In the cross pattern

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How many directions make up an en croix?

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Three directions, side twice

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Devant

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Front

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A la seconde

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To the second position

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Derrière

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Back

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Rond de Jambe a terre en dehors

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Around the leg on the floor outward

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Rond de Jambe a terre en dedans

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Around the leg on the floor inward

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Grand Rond de Jambe a terre

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Big/full around the leg on the floor

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Retiré

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Retire

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Passé

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To pass

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Sur le cou-de-pied

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On the neck of the foot

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Pas de chevals

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Step of the horse

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Relevé

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To rise

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What are the two kinds of relevé?

With or without plié

Sous-sus

Under over

Soutenu

Sustain

Detourné

Pivot turn

Cambré

Arch

En bas

At the base

Allongé

Elongate, to lengthen

Epaulement

Shouldering

Port de bras

Carriage of the arms

Grand port de bras

Big carriage of the arms

Developpé

To develop, unfold

Grand battement

Big beat

Adagio

Slow, controlled

En face

In your face

Croisé

Crossed

Ouvert

Open

How many body positions in the Italian school?

8

Croise devant and derrière

Cross front and back

A la quatrieme devant and derrière

Fourth to the front and back

Effacé devant and derrière

Shaded front and back

écarté devant and derrière

Separated front and back, side position

Arabesque

Pose on one leg

Temps lié

Connected movement, shifting weight

Petit allegro

Small fast

Sauté

Chop

Changement

Change jump

Glissade

Glide

Assemblé

Assemble

Petit jeté

Small throw

Echappé sauté a la seconde

Escape chop to the second position

Pas de chats

Step of the cat

Pas de Bourree

Step of the Bourree people

Chassé

To chase

Chainés

Chain, linked together

Pirouette

Spin

Balancé

Ballet waltz

Polonaise

Marching triplet

Grand jetés

Large throw

Founder of French school

Auguste Vestris

Founder of Italian school

Enrico Cecchetti

Founder of the Russian school

Agrippina Vaganova

Founder of the Danish school

August Bournonville