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Ballet Terms Flashcards

1
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A small or half knee bend

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Demi Plie

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2
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Big or full knee bend

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Grande Plie

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3
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To slide food to a pointed position; meaning to stretch

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Tendu

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4
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To the front

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Devant

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5
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To the side

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A la seconde

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6
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Behind

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Derriere

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7
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Meaning to disengage: exercise similar to tendu that finishes with the foot lifted from the ground in a point

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Degage

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8
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Slow graceful steps using balance, control, and extensions

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Adagio

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9
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Faster livelier steps

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Allegro

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10
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Meaning chains or linked; a series of turns on point or demi point done in a straight line or circle

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Chaine

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11
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Done at the conclusion of ballet class; bows and curtsies to slow music, paying respect/thanks to the teacher and pianist

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Reverence

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Meaning round of the legs; an exercise in which you mark out a semi-circle on the floor with your pointed toe

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Rond De Jambe

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13
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Movement outward

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En De Hors

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14
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Movement Inwards

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En De Dans

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15
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To strike or hit the floor: hit the ball of the foot on the floor and extend, bring foot back in heel to ankle knee turned out

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Frappes

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16
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A position in which you balance on one leg with the other stretched out behind you

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Arabesque

17
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Meaning big kick; an exercise in which you raise your pointed foot high off the ground keeping both legs straight

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Grande Battlement

18
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Meaning to pass; when a foot is placed near, on, below, or above the other knee

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Passe

19
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Pricked; strongly pointed toe of the lifted and extended leg sharply lowers to hit the floor then immediately rebounds upward

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Pique

20
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To glide; traveling step starting in fifth position with demi-plie, glide your foot along the floor and transfer your weight

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Glissade

21
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Three quick steps; behind, side, front ending in demi-plie

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Pas De Bouree

22
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The step on the cat. The dancer jumps sideways and while in mid-air bends both legs up bringing the feet as high as possible with knees apart

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Pas De Chat

23
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Assembled: a jump from one foot landing on two, the working leg swings out, jump up landing in fifth position

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Assemble

24
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A jump done from two feet to one, scissor switch

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Sissone

25
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Changing; a jump in which the feet change positions in the air

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Changement

26
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To rise; lifted, done from any position and balancing

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Releve

27
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Chased; a slide forwards, backwards, or sideways with both legs bent then springing into the air with both legs meeting and straightened

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Chasse

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