Terminology Flashcards
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Adagio
At ease; leisure
Allégro
Brisk; lively
Allongé
Elongated; lengthened
Assemblé
Assembled
Ballotté
“Tossed” a light, rocking quality, jump sequence
Battement
Beating
Chainé
Chained; linked; a series of small turning steps with the feet in first position relevé
Changements
change (of feet) from fifth front to fifth back
Chassé
Chased; used as a traveling or transition step
Cou De Pied
on the neck of the foot
Coupé
to cut
Croisé
Crossed
Dégagé
Disengaged
Demi
half; as in demi-pointe
Écarté
thrown apart; separated
Échappé
Escaped
Effacé
Shaded
Elevé
Elevated; a rise upward onto the toes
Épaulement
Shouldering; position of the shoulders in relation to the head and legs.
Failli
Giving away; a transition step through
Fermé
Closed
Fondu
to melt
Fouetté
whipped
Frappé
To strike
Glissade
To glide
Jete
Thrown
Par Terre / A Terre
On the ground
Pas de Chat
Step of the cat
Passe
Passed
Plie
Bent
Port De Bras
Carriage of the Arms
Port De Corps
Carriage of the body
Releve
Raised; a rise or spring onto the toes from plie
retire
withdrawn; rested
sissonne
a jump from two feet to one foot, in various directions
tendu
stretched
Tombe
fallen
tour / entournent
turn of the body
En Arriere / Derriere
to the back
En Avant / Devant
to the front
En Cloche
like a bell
En Dedans
inward
En Dehors
outward
temps
time
contre temps
against time
temps lie
connected time
Penché
Leaning; inclined
Piqué
Pricked
Ouvert
opened
Sauté
jumped; a single jump in a vertical direction
Soubresaut
sudden leap; executed with the legs crossed in fifth position, without changing
Temps Levé
Elevated (time); a jump taking off of and landing on the same foot
