DAN 107 Final Exam Vocabulary Flashcards by Valerie Hagedorn | Brainscape

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en arriere

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backward

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dessus

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over

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dessous

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under

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reverence

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curtsy

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ferme

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closed

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releve

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raised

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sous sus

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under-over

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pirouette

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whirl/spin

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balon

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bounce

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pas de chat

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step of the cat

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grande allegro

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big fast

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demi plie

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half bend

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grand plie

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big bend

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epaulement

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shouldering

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en l’air

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in the air

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a terre

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on the ground

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cambre

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arched

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en dehors

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turn out

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en dedans

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inward

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developpe

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develop

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allegro

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fast

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port de bras

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path of the arms

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battement degage

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disengaged

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devant

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in front

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saute

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jumped

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coupe’

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cut

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passe

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passed

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retire’

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withdrawn

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pique

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pricked

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derriere

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back

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fondu

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sink/melt

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tendu

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stretched

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en haut

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high

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en bas

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low

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glissade

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glide

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tombe

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falling

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chaine

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chain link

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chasse

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chased

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Vaganova

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Russian codified system of ballet; Agrippina Vaganova

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Cecchetti

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French codified system of ballet; Enrico Cecchetti

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assemble

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assemble

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temps lie

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connected movement

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en cloche

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like a bell

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sur le cou-de-pied

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on the neck of the foot

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grande battement

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big kick

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French School

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French school of ballet; Louis XIV and Pierre Beauchamp

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croise devant

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crossed in front

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efface

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shaded

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en avant

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forward

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balance’

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rocking step

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danseur

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male ballet dancer

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a droite

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to the right

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a gauche

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to the left

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ballonne

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bouncing/ball like step

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ballotte

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tossed (Caeser)

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battu

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beaten

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brise

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broken beating

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cabriole

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caper

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contretemps

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beating against time

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de cote

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sideways

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en tournant

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turning

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elance

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darting

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en promenade

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in a walk

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flic-flac

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crack of a whip

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fouette

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whipped

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frappe

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struck

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pas de basque

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step of the Basque people

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penche

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leaning/incline

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pose

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poised/pose/posture