Gail Grant Ballet Vocab 1 Flashcards by sarah dickinson | Brainscape

Q

plie (accent on e)

A

bent, bending

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement

A

beating

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement tendu

A

stretched battement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement degage (accents on e)

A

disengaged battement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement pique (accent on e)

A

pricked battement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement frappe

A

struck battement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

battement releve lent (accent on e in releve)

A

battement raised slowly

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

grand battement

A

large battement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

fondu

A

melting, sinking down

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

rond de jambe

A

round of the leg

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

temps developpe

A

time developed, developing movement

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

en dehors

A

outward

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

en dedans

A

inward

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

sous-sus

A

under-over

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

devant

A

in front

How well did you know this?

1

Not at all

2

3

4

5

Perfectly

Q

derriere (backwards accent on first e)

A

behind

Q

a la seconde (backwards acccent on a)

A

to the second position

Q

en bas

A

low

Q

en haut

A

high

Q

port de bras

A

carriage of the arms