Vocabulary Flashcards by courtney burgan

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Air, en l’

En l’air

A

In the air

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Adage, adagio

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At ease or leisure

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Allegro

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Brisk, lively

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Arabesque

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Basic pose, from moorish ornament

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Assemble

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Assembled or joined together

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Attitude

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Basic pose, taken from statue of mercury

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Avant, en

En avant

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Forward

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Balance

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Rocking step

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Balancoire, en

En balancoire

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Like a seesaw

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Ballon

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Bounce

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Ballone

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Bounced, ball like

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Brise

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Broke, breaking

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Brise vole

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Flying brise

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Battement

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Beating

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Cambre

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Arched

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Changement

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Change

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Chaine tour

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Chain of turns

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Chasse

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Chased

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Cloche, en

En cloche

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Like a bell

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Contretemps

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Counter beating

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Cou-de-pied

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Neck of the foot

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Coupe

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Cut, cutting

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Croix, en

En croix

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Crossed

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Deboules

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Rolling like a ball

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Dedans, en En dedans

Inward

Dégagé

Disengaged

Dehors, en En dehors

Outward

Demi-position

Half position

Derrière

Behind, back

Detourne

Turned back

Devant

In front

Developpe

Developed, unfold

Ecarte

Separated, thrown

Echappe

Escaping or slipping

Efface

Shaded

Emboîte

Fitted together, "boxed"

Epaule

Shouldered

Failli

Giving way

Ferme, femee

Closed

Fondu, fondue

Sinking down, melting

Frappe

Struck, to strike

Glissade

Glide, to glide

Grand, grande

Big, large

Jete

Thrown

Ouvert

Open, opened

Pas

Step

Pas de basque

Basque step

Pas de Bourre

Bourree step

Pas de chat

Cat's step

Pas de chaval

Horse's step

Passé

Passed

Pique

Pricked, pricking

Pirouette

Whirl or spin

Plié

Bend, bending

Port de bras

Carriage of arms

Promenade, en En promenade

In a walk

Releve

Raised

Retire

Withdrawn

Reverance

Reverence, courtesy

Rond de jambe

Round of the leg

Sauté

Jumped, jumping

Sissonne

Named for originator of step

Sobresaut

Sudden spring bound

Sous-sus

Under-over

Soutenu

Sustained

Temps

Time, step, movement

Temps leve

Time raised, raising

Temps lie

Connected movement

Tendu, tendue

Stretched

Terre, a A Terre

On the ground

Temps de cuisse

Thigh movement

Tombe

Falling down, to fall

Tours, chaines

Turns in a chain

Plier

One of the seven verbs | To bend

Relever

One of the 7 verbs | To raise

Glisser

One of the 7 verbs | To glide

Tourner

One of the 7 verbs | To turn

Sauter

One of the 7 verbs | To jump

Élancer

One of the seven verbs | To jump forward? Push?

Etendre

One of the seven verbs | ?