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Ballet French Terms Flashcards

1
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A terre

A

On the ground / floor

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2
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Slow soft controlled movement

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Adage

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3
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Arabesque

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A position on one leg with the other behind either à terre, or en l’air

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4
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To assemble, to join

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Assemblé

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5
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Attitude

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A standing position on one leg with the other bent at an angle behind

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6
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To bounce (with a closing action on the working leg)

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Ballonné

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7
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To beat (movement with a closing action)

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Battement

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8
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To slide

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Chassé

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9
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To cut

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Coupé

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10
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Crossed to the audience

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Croisé

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11
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De coté

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To the side

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12
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Demi

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Half

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13
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Demi- détourné

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Half turn (turn towards the back foot)

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14
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Derrière

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To the back

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15
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To the front

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Devant

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16
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To develop or unfold

A

Developpé

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17
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To escape (a jumper relevé from 1st 3rd or 5th to 2nd or 4th)

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Echappé

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18
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Travelling backwards

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En arrière

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19
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Travelling forwards

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En avant

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20
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In the shape of a cross front side back or back side front)

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En croix

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21
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Inwards (towards the supporting leg)

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En dedans

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22
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Outwards (away from the supporting leg)

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En dehors

23
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Dancing the audience (opposite)

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En face

24
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En l’air

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In the air

25
Q

Enchainment

A

A combination of steps (a linked phrase of movement)

26
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Épaulement

A

Use of shoulders, upper back, neck, looking over the shoulder

27
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Fondu

A

To melt

28
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Frappé

A

To strike (like lighting a match on the floor)

29
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Glissadé

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To glide

30
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Grand

A

Large

31
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Jeté

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To throw

32
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Open to the audience

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Ouvert

33
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Pas de basque

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A movement from 5th incorporating a rond de jambe a terre and closing to 5th

34
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Pas de bourré

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Small/ tight running steps (5th to 2nd or 4th back to 5th)

35
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Pas de chat

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Step of the cat a jump from 5th to 5th with an overlapping action with each leg bending and unfurling, one after the other

36
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Passé

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To pass (retire passé: the working legs toes supported just under the supporting knee)

37
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Petit

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Small

38
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Pirouette

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To turn

39
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Plié

A

To bend

40
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Port de bras

A

Carriage of the arms

41
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Posé

A

To step (onto a straight leg)

42
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Relevé

A

To rise with a small rising action starting with a plié (bent knees)

43
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Retiré

A

To draw up (the supporting leg)

44
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Rond de jambe

A

Round the supporting leg

45
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Sauté

A

To spring

46
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Sissonne

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A scissor step - a jump from two feet to two feet

47
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Soubresaut

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A single jump (without changing feet)

48
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Soutenu

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To sustain (a turning action revolving the feet, either travelling or on the spot)

49
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Sur le cou-de-pied

A

On the neck of the foot

50
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Temps levé

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To hop (a jump taking off and landing on the same foot)

51
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Tendu

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To stretch (an extending action of the leg a terre with a return closing action)

52
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Passeé devant

A

Pass to the front

53
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Passé derrière

A

Pass foot to the back

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