Vocabulary Flashcards
Plié
To bend
Battement
To beat
Tendu
To stretch
Glissé
Glided
Frappé
To strike
Battement sur le coup de pied
Beats at the neck of the foot
Retiré
To draw up
Ronds de jambe
Rounding of the leg
Assemblé
To join together
Soutenus
To sustain
Fondu
To melt
Developpé
To unfold
En cloche
Bell
En rond
Round
Demi pointe
Half pointe
Relevé
To snatch
Echappé
To escape
Couru
Running steps
Raccourci
To shorten
Fouetté
To whip
Tournant
Turning
Emboité
Dove tail
Bras bas
Arms down
Demi seconde
Half second
Demi bras
Half arms
Bras croisé
Crossed arms
En couronne
Crowned
A deux bras
With two arms
Epaulment
Use of the shoulders
Degagé
To disengage/point
Chassé
To slide
Posé
To step
Demi-detourné
Half a turn
Temps lié
Time linked
Tombé
To fall
A dos
The back
Rotation
To rotate
Allongé
Elongated/lengthened
Penchee
To lean/tilt
Ballotté
To toss
En l’air
In the air
A terre
On the ground
Pirouette
To spin
Chaines
A chain/series
Sauté
To jump
Changement
To change
Soubresaut
Spring without changing feet
Temps levé
To hop
Jeté
To throw
Glissade
To glide
Pas de Basque
Step from the Basque Country
Pas de chat
Step of the cat
Balancé
To swing or rock
Coupé
To cut
Sissonne
scissor like
Changeé
To change
Pas de bouree
Running steps
Pique
Pricked
Contretemps
Against time
Ballonne
A bouncing step
Composé
Compound
Failli
To give way
Coda
Tail
Battu
Beaten
Entrechat
Interweave
Brisé
broken
Tour en l’air
Turn in the air
Premiere
First
Deux
Two
Trois
Three
Quatre
Four
Cinq
Five
Six
Six
Doublee
double
A deux bras
With two arms
Demi
half
Grand
Big
Petit
Small
Port de bras
Movement of the arms
Adage
Slow controlled movements
Allegro
Lively fast movement
Sur place
On the spot
Devant
At the front
Derriere
At the back
A la seconde
In second
En face
Opposite
Croisé
Crossed
Ouverte
open
Ferme
Closed
De cote
Sideways
Passé
passing
Efface
shaded
Ecarte
Thrown wide open
En arrière
backwards
En avant
forwards
En diagonale
On the diagonal
En croix
In the shape of a cross
En dehors
Outwards
En dedans
Inwards
