Terms Flashcards by Shay Guetz | Brainscape

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abaissé

A

lower heels with straight legs

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adagio

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at ease, leisure- slow graceful movements

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á la second

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to the second

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allégro

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brisk, lively

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allongé

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extended, outstretched

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arabesque

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form of Moorish ornament

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assemblé

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joined together

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attitude

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pose by Carlo Blasis from the stature of Mercury

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balancé

A

rocking step

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battement dégagé

A

disengaged battement

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battement développé

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battement developed

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battement fondu

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to melt, sinking down

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battement frappé

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to strike, struck battement

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battement piqué

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little prick battement

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battement relevé lent

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battement raised slowly

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battement tendu

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battement stretched

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cambré

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arched

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chaînés

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chains, links

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changement

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change of feet

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chassé

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chased

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cloche, en

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like a bell

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coupé

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cut, cutting

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croisé

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crossed

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derriére

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behind, back

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devant

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in front

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développé

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timed developed

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énchappé

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escaping or slipping movement

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effacé

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shaded

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en croix

A

in the shape of the cross

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en dedans

A

inward

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en dehors

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outward

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en face

A

facing the audience

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en l’air

A

in the air

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en tournant

A

turning

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glissade

A

glide

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grand battement

A

big battement

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grand plié

A

big bend of the knees

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grand jeté

A

large jete

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jeté

A

throwing step

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pas de bourrée

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stuffed

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pas de chat

A

step of the cat

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pas de cheval

A

step of the horse

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passé

A

passed

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piqué

A

pricked, pricking

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pirouette

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whirl or spin

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plié

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bent, bending

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port de bras

A

carriage of the arms

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relevé

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raised

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retiré

A

raised

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rond de jambe

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round of the leg, circular motion of the leg

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sauté

A

jumped, jumping

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sissonne

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named after the originator of the step, two feet to one

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soubresaut

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sudden spring or bound

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soutenu

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sustained

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sous-sus

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under-over

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spotting

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movement of the head and focusing of the eyes

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sur le cou-de-pied

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neck of the foot

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temps levé

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time raised, or raising movement

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temps lié

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connected movement, linking

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tombé

A

falling

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turn out

A

ability of a dance to turn feet and legs out from the hip joint to a 90-degree potition