Vocabulary Flashcards
à
a
to
à la seconde
a la se-GOND
to the second
à terre
a tair
on the ground
allegro
a-LAY-grow
quick movements
adage
a-doj
slow, controlled movements
balancè
ba-lan-SAY)
balancing or rocking step
battements
bot-MAW
beating steps
battements tendue
bot-MAW tawn-DO
beatings streched
bras
bra
arms
changés
shon-JAY
changed
changement
shons-MAW
changes of the feet
chassé
shaw-SAY
chasing step
chat
shaw
cat
corps
core
body
coupé
koo-PAY
to cut
de
de
of
demi
de-MEE
half
demi en l’air
de-MEE on lair
halfway in the air
demi plié
de-MEE plee-YAY
half bend
derrière
dare-ee-YAIR
back
dessous
day-SOO
under
dessus
day-SEE
over
developpés
dave-la-PAY
developing movements
devant
day-VON
front
en
on
in
et
ay
and
en l’air
on lair
in the air
en dehors
on day-OR
outward
en croix
on krwa
in the pattern of a cross
en arrière
on air-ee YAIR
backward
effacée
ay-faw-SAW
shaded position
en dedans
on day-DAW
inward
en avant
on ay-VON
forward
échappés
ay-sha-PAY
escaping movements
enchaînments
on-shon-MAW
chain of steps
frappé
fra-PAY
to strike
fermé
fair-MAY
closed
grand battements
grond bot-MAW
large beating steps
grand révérence
grond re-ver-RONS
large reverent bow or curtsy
grand plié
grond plee-YAY
large bend
grand
grond
large
jambe
jom
circles
jeté
je-TAY
throwing step
la
the
milieu
meel-YOU
center
pliés
plee-YAY
bending movements
pour
poor
for
pied, pieds
pyay, pyays
foot, feet
positions du corps
positions do cor
positions of the body
petit
pi-TEET
small
posé
poe-ZAY
to pose
passé
paw-SAY
to pass
ports de bras
por de bra
carriage of the arms
pas
paw
step
ports
por
carriage
pointe
point
point
polka
POLE-ka
step from a Bohemian dance
relevés
re-le-VAY
rises
ronds de jambe
ron de jom
circles of the leg
ronds
ron
leg
retirés
re-tee-RAY
withdrawn movements
révérence
re-ve-RONS
reverent bow or curstey
sur
sir
on
sautés
so-TAY
jumps
tour
tor
turn
tendue
tawn-DO
to stretch
