Ballet Terms Translated Flashcards
1
Q
Demi plié
A
Half bend
2
Q
Grand plié
A
Full bend
3
Q
Battements Tendu
A
Beatings stretched
4
Q
Battements Degagé
A
Beating disengaged
5
Q
Rond de jambe
A
Round of the leg
6
Q
Battement frappé
A
Beatings struck
7
Q
Fondu
A
Melt
8
Q
Grand Battement
A
Large Beatings
9
Q
Relevé
A
Rise from a plié
10
Q
Enveloppé
A
Enveloped
11
Q
Retiré
A
Withdraw
12
Q
échappé
A
escape
13
Q
derrière
A
behind, back
14
Q
devant
A
in front
15
Q
croisé
A
crossed
16
Q
ouvert
A
open
17
Q
en avant
A
towards the audience
18
Q
en arrière
A
away from the audience
19
Q
a terre
A
on the ground
20
Q
en l’air
A
in the air
21
Q
en diagonale
A
in a diagonal
22
Q
en dedans
A
towards the supporting leg
23
Q
en dehors
A
away from the supporting leg
24
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coupé
A
cut
25
assemblé
to assemble
26
chassé
to chase or slide
27
glissade
to glide
28
jeté
to throw
29
pas de chat
step of the cat
30
pas de bourreé
stuffed step
31
tourner
turn
32
changements
changing
33
sans changer
without changing
34
port de bras
movement/carriage of the arms
35
posé
poised
36
enchainments
linking, combination of two or more steps
37
ballon
to jump as a ball
38
piqué
pricked
39
fouetté
whipped
40
en croix
in a cross
41
temps levé
time raised, raising movement
42
temps lie
time linked, linking movement
43
de suite
continuously
44
tempo
in time
45
sur le cou de pied
ont he neck of the foot
