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0
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How many arm positions in the French school?

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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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3
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Demi plié

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Half bend

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4
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Grand plié

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Full bend

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5
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Battement tendu

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Beat stretch

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6
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Battement dégagé

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Beat disengage

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7
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Battement piqué

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Beat prick

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8
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Battement glissé

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Beat glide

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9
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Battlement frappés

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Beat strike

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10
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Battement fondu

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Beat melt

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11
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En croix

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In the cross pattern

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12
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How many directions make up an en croix?

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Three directions, side twice

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13
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Devant

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Front

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14
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A la seconde

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To the second position

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15
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Derrière

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Back

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16
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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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17
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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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18
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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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19
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Retiré

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Retire

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20
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Passé

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To pass

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21
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Sur le cou-de-pied

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On the neck of the foot

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22
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Pas de chevals

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Step of the horse

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23
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Relevé

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To rise

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24
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What are the two kinds of relevé?

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With or without plié

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25
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Sous-sus

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Under over

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26
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Soutenu

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Sustain

27
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Detourné

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Pivot turn

28
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Cambré

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Arch

29
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En bas

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At the base

30
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Allongé

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Elongate, to lengthen

31
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Epaulement

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Shouldering

32
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Port de bras

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Carriage of the arms

33
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Grand port de bras

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Big carriage of the arms

34
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Developpé

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To develop, unfold

35
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Grand battement

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Big beat

36
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Adagio

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Slow, controlled

37
Q

En face

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In your face

38
Q

Croisé

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Crossed

39
Q

Ouvert

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Open

40
Q

How many body positions in the Italian school?

A

8

41
Q

Croise devant and derrière

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Cross front and back

42
Q

A la quatrieme devant and derrière

A

Fourth to the front and back

43
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Effacé devant and derrière

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Shaded front and back

44
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écarté devant and derrière

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Separated front and back, side position

45
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Arabesque

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Pose on one leg

46
Q

Temps lié

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Connected movement, shifting weight

47
Q

Petit allegro

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Small fast

48
Q

Sauté

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Chop

49
Q

Changement

A

Change jump

50
Q

Glissade

A

Glide

51
Q

Assemblé

A

Assemble

52
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Petit jeté

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Small throw

53
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Echappé sauté a la seconde

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Escape chop to the second position

54
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Pas de chats

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Step of the cat

55
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Pas de Bourree

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Step of the Bourree people

56
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Chassé

A

To chase

57
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Chainés

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Chain, linked together

58
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Pirouette

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Spin

59
Q

Balancé

A

Ballet waltz

60
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Polonaise

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Marching triplet

61
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Grand jetés

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Large throw

62
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Founder of French school

A

Auguste Vestris

63
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Founder of Italian school

A

Enrico Cecchetti

64
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Founder of the Russian school

A

Agrippina Vaganova

65
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Founder of the Danish school

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August Bournonville

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