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Ballet Terminology > Trainee Quiz > Flashcards

Trainee Quiz Flashcards

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Cabriole

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Caper

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Assemblé

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Assembled, joined together

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Chassé

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Chase

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Croisé

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Crossed

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Plié

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To bend

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Balancé

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Rocking stop

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Relevé

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To rise from plié

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Changement

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Change

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En croix

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In the shape of a cross

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En avant

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To the front, forward

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Dégagé

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Disengage, disconnect

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Développé

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Developed

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Temps lié

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Time connected

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Sauté

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Jump

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Fondu

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Soften, melt

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Enveloppé

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Enveloped

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Pas de cheval

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Step of the horse

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Fond de jambe

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Circle of the leg

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Fouetté

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Whipped

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En arriére

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To the back, backward

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Sur le cou-de-pied

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At the neck of the foot

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Frappé

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Strike

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Tombé

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Fall

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Passé

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Pass

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Piqué

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Prick

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Pirouette

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To spin

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Deviant

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Front, in the front

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Temps levé

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Time lifted

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Échappé

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Escape

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En cloche

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Like a bell

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Derrière

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Back, in the back

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Retiré

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Retire, withdraw

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Tendu

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To stretch

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Balançoire

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Like a seesaw

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Glissade

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Glide

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Arabesque

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A ballet pose

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À terre

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On the ground

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Gargouillade

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Gurgling

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Ouvert

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Open

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Pas de deux

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Step for two

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Sissonne

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Named after originator of step

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Port de bras

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Movement of the arms

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Rond de jambe

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Circle of the leg

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Écarté

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Thrown apart

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Battement

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Beat

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Ballotté

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Tossed

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Soutenu

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Sustained

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Battu

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Beaten

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Contretemps

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Bearing against time, countertime

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Couru

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Running

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En dedans

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Inward

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Demi-hauteur

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Half high

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En dehors

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Outward

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Dessous

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Under

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A la quatrième

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To the fourth

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Dessus

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Over

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Elancé

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To dart

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Emboite

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Fitted together, like a box

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Entrechat

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Interweaving

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Épaulment

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Shouldering

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En haut

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High

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En manege

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In a circle

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Promenade

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In a walk

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En tournant

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Turning

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Fermé

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Closed

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Effacé

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Shadowed, shaded

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Tour

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Turn

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