Terms Flashcards
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abaissé
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lower heels with straight legs
2
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adagio
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at ease, leisure- slow graceful movements
3
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á la second
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to the second
4
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allégro
A
brisk, lively
5
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allongé
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extended, outstretched
6
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arabesque
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form of Moorish ornament
7
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assemblé
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joined together
8
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attitude
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pose by Carlo Blasis from the stature of Mercury
9
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balancé
A
rocking step
10
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battement dégagé
A
disengaged battement
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battement développé
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battement developed
12
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battement fondu
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to melt, sinking down
13
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battement frappé
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to strike, struck battement
14
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battement piqué
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little prick battement
15
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battement relevé lent
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battement raised slowly
16
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battement tendu
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battement stretched
17
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cambré
A
arched
18
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chaînés
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chains, links
19
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changement
A
change of feet
20
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chassé
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chased
21
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cloche, en
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like a bell
22
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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
in front
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développé
timed developed
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énchappé
escaping or slipping movement
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effacé
shaded
29
en croix
in the shape of the cross
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en dedans
inward
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en dehors
outward
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en face
facing the audience
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en l'air
in the air
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en tournant
turning
35
glissade
glide
36
grand battement
big battement
37
grand plié
big bend of the knees
38
grand jeté
large jete
39
jeté
throwing step
40
pas de bourrée
stuffed
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pas de chat
step of the cat
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pas de cheval
step of the horse
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passé
passed
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piqué
pricked, pricking
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pirouette
whirl or spin
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plié
bent, bending
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port de bras
carriage of the arms
48
relevé
raised
49
retiré
raised
50
rond de jambe
round of the leg, circular motion of the leg
51
sauté
jumped, jumping
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sissonne
named after the originator of the step, two feet to one
53
soubresaut
sudden spring or bound
54
soutenu
sustained
55
sous-sus
under-over
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spotting
movement of the head and focusing of the eyes
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sur le cou-de-pied
neck of the foot
58
temps levé
time raised, or raising movement
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temps lié
connected movement, linking
60
tombé
falling
61
turn out
ability of a dance to turn feet and legs out from the hip joint to a 90-degree potition
