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Ballet Terminology Flashcards

1
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A Terre

A

On the ground/floor

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Adage

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Slow, soft, sustained, and controlled movement

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Arabesque

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A position on one leg with the other behind either á terre, or en l’air (up to 90 degrees)

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4
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Assemblé

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To assemble, to join

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Attitude

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A position standing on one leg with the other bent at an angle behind, en l’air

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Ballonné

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To bounce (with a closing action of the working leg)

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Battement

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To beat (a movement with a closing action)

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Chaseé

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To slide

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Coupé

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To cut

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Croisé

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Crossed to the audience (front)

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De coté

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To the side

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Demi

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Half

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13
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Demi-detourné

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Half turn (towards the back foot)

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14
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Derriére

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To the back

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Devant

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To the front

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Developpé

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To develop or to unfold

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Echappé

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To escape (a jump or relevé from 1st, 3rd or 5th to 2nd or 4th and returning)

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En arriére

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Travelling backwards

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En avant

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Travelling forwards

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En croix

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In the shape of a cross (front, side, back or back, side, front)

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En dedans

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Inwards (towards the supporting leg)

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22
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En dehors

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Outwards (away from the supporting leg)

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En face

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Facing the audience (opposite)

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En l’air

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In the air

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25
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Enchainment

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A combination of steps (a linked phrase of movement)

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Épaulement

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Use of the shoulder, neck and upper back (looking over the shoulder)

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Fondu

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To melt (a melting action)

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Frappé

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To strike (like lighting a match on the floor)

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Glissade

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To glide (a sliding movement from 5th to 5th)

30
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Grand

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Large

31
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Jeté

A

To throw

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Ouvert

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Open to the audience

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 a 5th

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Pas de bourrée

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

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Pas de chat

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

36
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Passé

A

To pass (retire passé: the working leg’s toes supported just under the supporting knee)

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Petit

A

Small

38
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Pirouette

A

To turn

39
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Plié

A

To bend

40
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Port de bras

A

Carriage of the arms (a controlled movement of the arms)

41
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Posé

A

To step (onto a straight leg)

42
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Relevé

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

43
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Retiré

A

To draw up (the supporting leg)

44
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Rond de jambe

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Round of the leg (circle the leg like a protractor on the floor from 0 degrees to either 90 or 180)

45
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Sauté

A

To spring

46
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Sissonne

A

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

47
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Soubresaunt

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A single jump (without changing the 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

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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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What position is this?

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Croise devant

53
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What position is this?

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Quatrieme devant

54
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What position is this?

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Efface (devant)

55
Q

What position is this?

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A la seconde

56
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What position is this?

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Croise derriere

57
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What position is this?

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Ecarte

58
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What position is this?

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Epaule

59
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What position is this?

A

Quatrieme derriere

60
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What position is this?

A

Efface derriere

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