Ballet Terms 🩰 Flashcards
1
Q
Frappé
A
To strike
2
Q
Large beating
A
Grand battement
3
Q
Small beating
A
Petit Battement
4
Q
Sissonne
A
A scissor-like jump
5
Q
To bend
A
Plié
6
Q
To rise?
A
Releve
7
Q
To stretch?
A
Tendu
8
Q
To disengage?
A
Degage
9
Q
Ateere
A
On the ground
10
Q
Circle of the leg?
A
Rond de jambe
11
Q
Endehors?
A
Outside
12
Q
Endedans?
A
Inside
13
Q
To melt?
A
Fondu
14
Q
To cut?
A
Coupé
15
Q
To pass?
A
Passé
16
Q
Developpe?
A
To develop
17
Q
Soutenu?
A
To sustain
18
Q
Port de bras?
A
Carriage of the arms
19
Q
Croise?
A
Crossed
20
Q
Ecarte?
A
Separated
21
Q
En croix?
A
In a cross
22
Q
Deviant?
A
In front
23
Q
Derrière?
A
Behind
24
Q
En avant?
A
Forward
25
En arriere?
Backward
26
En face?
Facing front
27
Efface?
Shaded
28
To jump from two feet to two feet?
Saute
29
To throw?
Jeté
30
Adage?
Slow graceful coordinate movement
31
Glissade?
To glide
32
To change?
Changement
33
Step of the cat?
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