Terms Flashcards by Meigyn McDuffy

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Adage, Adagio

A

at ease

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Allegro

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brisk, lively

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Allongé

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extended, outstretched

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Assemblé

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assembled

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Assemblé en tournant

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turning assemble

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A terre

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on the floor

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Balancé

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rocking step

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Balençoire

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like a

seesaw, swing

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Ballonné

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ball-like, bouncing step

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Ballotté

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tossed

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Battement

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beating

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Battu

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beaten

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Brisé

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broken

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Cambré

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arched

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Changement

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change

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Chainés

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chain of turns, links

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Chassé

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chased

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Contretemps

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beating against time

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Cou-de-pied

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neck of the foot

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Coupé

A

cut, cutting

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Croisé

A

crossed

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Dégagé

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disengaged

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Demi-plié

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half bending

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Détourné

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turned aside

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Devant

in front

Développé

developed, unfold

Dessous

under

Dessus

over

Ecarté

separated, thrown wide apart

Echappé

escaping

Effacé

shaded

Emboité

fitted together, boxed

En l’air

in the air

En arrière

backward

En avant

forward

En croix

in shape of a cross

En-dedans

inward

En-dehors

outward

En tournant

turning

Entrechat

interweaving

Epaulement

shouldering

Failli

giving away

Fermé

closed

Fondu

melted

Fouetté

whipped

Frappé

struck, to strike

Glissade

to glide

Grand

large

Grand battement

large beating

Grand jeté

large jete

Grand plié

deep bending

Jeté

thrown

Ouvert

open

Pas

step

Pas de basque

basque step (en avant or en arrière)

Pas de bourrée

bourree step

Pas de chat

step of the cat

Pas de cheval

step of the horse

Passé

passed

Piqué

pricked

Pirouette

spin, whirl

Plié

bent, bending

Port de bras

carriage of the arms

Promenade

walk

Relevé

raised

Retiré

withdrawn

Révérance

reverence, curtsey

Rond de jambe

circle of the leg

Royale

Royal

Sauté

jumped

Soubresaut

sudden spring

Soutenu

sustained

Temps de cuisse

thigh movement

Temps levé

raised movements

Temps lié

connected movements

Tendu

stretched

Tombé

falling

Tours

turns

Tour jeté

turning jete

Tour piqué

pricked turn

Tour attitude

attitude turn

Tour arabesque

arabesque turn 

Brisé volé

flying brise

Cabriole

caper

Elancé

to dart

Gargouillade

rumbling

Quatriéme

fourth

Renversé

reversed

Temps de fléche

arrow movement

Tour à la seconde

turn in 2nd

Tour en l'air

turn in the air