ballet terms '22 - '23 Flashcards
1
Q
temps lie
A
connected movement
2
Q
allonge
A
elongated
3
Q
retire
A
withdrawn
4
Q
pas de chat
A
step of the cat
5
Q
emboite
A
fitted together, boxed
6
Q
pas de chaval
A
step of the horse
7
Q
croise, croisee
A
crossed
8
Q
cloche, en
A
like a bell
9
Q
voyage, voyagee
A
travel
10
Q
de cote
A
sideways
11
Q
a terre
A
on the floor
12
Q
contretemps
A
beating against time
13
Q
entrechat
A
braiding, interweaving
14
Q
pas de couru
A
runinng step
15
Q
epaulement
A
shouldered
16
Q
sautille, sautillee
A
hopping
17
Q
port de bras
A
change of the arms
18
Q
avant, en
A
forward
19
Q
tombe, tombee
A
to fall, falling
20
Q
temps de fleche
A
arrow movement
21
Q
passe
A
passed, to pass
22
Q
ecarte
A
separated
23
Q
raccourci
A
shortened
24
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devant
A
front
25
haut, en
high
26
temps de cuisse
thigh movement
27
pas jete
throwing step
28
passer la jambe
pass of the leg
29
echappe
escaping
30
ouvert, ouverte
open, opened
31
detourne
turned aside
32
deboite
disjointed
33
en l'air
in the air
34
en dehors
outward
35
soubresaut
sudden spring
36
croix, en
a cross
37
brise
breaking
38
faili
giving way
39
fondu
to melt, melting
40
ferme, fermee
closed
41
en dedans
inward
42
chaines
chains, links
43
cou-de-pied
neck of the foot
44
arriere, en
backward
45
efface, effacee
shaded
46
maneges
circular
47
entrechat trois
three crossings
48
glissade derriere
gliding back
49
fouette
to whip/whipped
50
tour en l'air
turn in the air
