Intermediate Vocab Flashcards by Emma Jones

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Attitude

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Ballet pose derived from the statue of mercury

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Bailonné

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Ball like it bouncing step

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Balloté

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Tossed

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Battu

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Beaten, any step embellished with with a beat

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Cabriole

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Caper. An allegro step in which the legs are beaten in the air

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Changé

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To change

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De coté

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Sideways

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Coupé

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To cut

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Emboité

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Fitted together. Boxed

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En cloche

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Like a bell

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En l’air

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In the air

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Entrechat….

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Interweaving or braiding

Soubresaut: a sudden spring or bound

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Enveloppé

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To envelop

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Epaulement

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Shouldering. Placing the shoulders and head

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Faille

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Giving way

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Fermé

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Closed

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Fouetté

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To whip

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Pas de bourrée

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Tripping or drinken step

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Pas de cheval

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Horses step

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Pas de papillon

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Butterfly step

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Pas marché

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Marching step

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Penché

A

To lean

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Piqué

A

To prick

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Pirouette

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To whirl

En Dehors. En dedans

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Saut de chat

A

Cats jump

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Sissonne

A

Named for the guy

2 feet to one foot

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Soutenu

A

Sustained

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Tableau

A

Picture. Dancers pose

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Temps de cuisse

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Movement of the thigh

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Temps levé

A

Time raised or raising movement

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Temps lié

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Time linked

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Tour

A

Turn

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Tour en l’air

A

Turn in the air

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Tour jeté

A

Thrown turn. A corruption of the word game jeté en tournant en arrierr

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A terre

A

On the ground