Ballet Terms Translated Flashcards by Jessica Takimoto | Brainscape

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Demi plié

A

Half bend

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Grand plié

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Full bend

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Battements Tendu

A

Beatings stretched

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Battements Degagé

A

Beating disengaged

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Rond de jambe

A

Round of the leg

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Battement frappé

A

Beatings struck

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Fondu

A

Melt

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Grand Battement

A

Large Beatings

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Relevé

A

Rise from a plié

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Enveloppé

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Enveloped

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Retiré

A

Withdraw

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échappé

A

escape

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derrière

A

behind, back

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devant

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in front

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croisé

A

crossed

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ouvert

A

open

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en avant

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towards the audience

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en arrière

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away from the audience

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a terre

A

on the ground

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en l’air

A

in the air

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en diagonale

A

in a diagonal

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en dedans

A

towards the supporting leg

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en dehors

A

away from the supporting leg

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coupé

A

cut

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assemblé

A

to assemble

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chassé

A

to chase or slide

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glissade

A

to glide

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jeté

A

to throw

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pas de chat

A

step of the cat

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pas de bourreé

A

stuffed step

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tourner

A

turn

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changements

A

changing

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sans changer

A

without changing

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port de bras

A

movement/carriage of the arms

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posé

A

poised

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enchainments

A

linking, combination of two or more steps

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ballon

A

to jump as a ball

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piqué

A

pricked

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fouetté

A

whipped

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en croix

A

in a cross

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temps levé

A

time raised, raising movement

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temps lie

A

time linked, linking movement

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de suite

A

continuously

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tempo

A

in time

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sur le cou de pied

A

ont he neck of the foot