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Ballet 1 Vocabulary
vocabulary for ballet technique 1 class
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Dance
Undergraduate 1
10/02/2010
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seven basic movements
 Definition

plier, tendu/étendre, relever,

sauter, élancer, glisser, tourner
Term
à la seconde
 Definition
to second
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à la quatrième
 Definition
to fourth position
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à terre
 Definition
on the ground/floor
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adage
 Definition
slow, controlled movement
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allegro
 Definition
quick, lively
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allongé
 Definition
elongate
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arabesque
 Definition
longest line possible from the finger to the toes with the leg behind
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assemblé
 Definition
assemble
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attitude
 Definition
an arabesque wrapped, well-turned out, and with the knee higher than the foot
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balancé
 Definition
rocking step
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battement
 Definition
beat
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battu
 Definition
struck
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cambré
 Definition
arched
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chainé
 Definition
chain, linked turn
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changement
 Definition
changing
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chassé
 Definition
chase
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cinquième
 Definition
fifth
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core/center
 Definition
the area in the ballet square (the abdominals and supporting muscles)
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coupé
 Definition
cut
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cou de pied
 Definition
neck of the foot
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croisé
 Definition
crossed
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dégagé
 Definition
disengage
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demi
 Definition
half
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détourné
 Definition
turned aside, a turn on two feet
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derrière/en arrière
 Definition
behind/back, to the back
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dessous
 Definition
under
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dessus
 Definition
over
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devant/en avant
 Definition
in front, to the front
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développé
 Definition
to develop
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écarté
 Definition
spread apart, wide
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échappé
 Definition
escaped
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élancer
 Definition
to dart
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en bas
 Definition
low
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en cloche
 Definition
like a bell
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en dehors/en dedans
 Definition
outside/inside
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en face
 Definition
facing the audience
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en haut
 Definition
high
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en l'air
 Definition
in the air
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épaulé
 Definition
shouldered
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épaulment
 Definition
shouldering
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failli
 Definition
give way
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fermé
 Definition
closed
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fondu
 Definition
melt
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frapper
 Definition
to strike
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glissade
 Definition
glide
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glisser
 Definition
to glide
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grand
 Definition
large
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haut, en
 Definition
high position of the arms
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jeté
 Definition
thrown
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ouvert
 Definition
open
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pas de basque
 Definition
step of the Basque people
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pas de bourrée
 Definition
bourree step
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pas de chat
 Definition
step of the cat
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passer
 Definition
to pass through
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petit
 Definition
small
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piquer
 Definition
to prick
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pirouette
 Definition
whirl or spin
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placement
 Definition
alignment, straight spine, level hips
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plié
 Definition
to bend
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port de bras
 Definition
carriage of the arms
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première
 Definition
first
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promenade
 Definition
walked
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relever/elever
 Definition
rise, raised
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retiré
 Definition
withdrawn movement
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rond de jambe
 Definition
circular movement of the leg
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rotation
 Definition
turnout from the hip socket
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sauter
 Definition
to jump
Term
sissonne
 Definition
named for the maker of the step, a jump from 2 feet to 1 foot
Term
soubresaut
 Definition
sudden spring or bound
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soussus
 Definition
under over- 5th releve, Cecchetti
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soutenu
 Definition
sustained
Term
square
 Definition
the shoulders and hips level and aligned
Term
spotting
 Definition
the head is the last thing to leave the audience and the first to return
Term
supporting leg
 Definition
the weight-bearing leg
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sur le cou de pied
 Definition
on the neck of the foot
Term
temps levé
 Definition
time raised or raising movement, hop on 1 foot with the other raised in any position
Term
temps lié
 Definition
connected movement
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tendu/étendre
 Definition
stretch, to stretch
Term
tomber
 Definition
to fall
Term
tourner
 Definition
to turn
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troisième
 Definition
third
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turnout
 Definition
rotation from the hip
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working leg
 Definition
the leg executing movement, not bearing weight
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