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Ballet 2 Terms
SWC - Coleen Shipkowski
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Undergraduate 2
01/19/2013

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Alignment
Definition
What body parts line up with each other to create the dancer's "plumb line" (ear, shoulder, hip, knee, foot)
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Allonge
Definition
Extended, outstreched
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Arabesque penchee
Definition
Arasbesque leaning, pitched forward
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Assemble Battu
Definition
Assemble beated
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Air Tour
Definition
Spring in the air turning one revolution with the legs in fifth position
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Adagio
Definition
Slow controlled movement combination perormed in the center floor
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Balance entournant
Definition
Balance turning
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Ballonne
Definition
Bounced, ball-like (Spring into the air, simultaneously executing a battment then land in demi plie with the working foot sur le cou-de-pie
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Ballistic stretching
Definition
Stretches that pulsate or bounce
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Brise
Definition
Broken, breaking. (Fundamentally a brise is an assemble beaten and traveled)
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Cabriole
Definition
Caper. (The working leg is thrust in the air; the underneath leg follows and beats against the first leg, sending it higher)
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Chasse entournant
Definition
Chasse turning
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Demi contretemps
Definition
Half counter beating (5th position, Rt, foot front. Spring upward off the Rt. foot & bring the Lt. food sur le cou-de-pied durriere. Land on the Rt. foot in demi plie & slide Lt foot forward)
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Detourne
Definition
Turned aside. (A backward turn in the direction of the back foot which reverses the position of the feet.)
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Direction of the Body
Definition
Directions in which the dancer stands in relation to the audience.) *Note: These are a synthesis of Cecchetti
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Croise devant
Definition
crossed to the front
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Croise derreier
Definition
crossed behind, back
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Eface devant
Definition
shaded; open, to the front
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Efface derriere
Definition
Shaded, open behind, back
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A la seconde
Definition
at/to the side/2nd position
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A la Quatrieme devant
Definition
directly to the front
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A la Quatrieme derriere
Definition
directly behind, to the back
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Ecarte devant
Definition
"Thrown apart" - diagonal front
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Ecarte derriere
Definition
"Thrown apart" - diagonal behind
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Epaule
Definition
"Shouldered" - a spiral arabesque
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Eschappe Battu
Definition
Escaped beaten. (5th position, Rt. foot Fwd; plie & spring into the air opening legs to 2nd position. Land in 2nd position demi plie. Spring into air & beat Rt. leg Fwd of Lt leg, landing in 5th position, demi plie with Rt. foot back
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Emboite
Definition
Fitted together, "boxed". (Demi plie spring into the air executing 1/2 turn as bring Rt. foot fwd in sur le cou-de-pied front. The step is then executed on the other foot while making a 1/2 turn in the same direction.)
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Entrechat quarte
Definition
Four crossings (5the position demi plie, Rt. foot front. Spring into the air open legs & beat calves together with Rt. leg in back.  Slightly oepn the legs, switch Rt to front and land in demi plie 5th position, Rt foot front.
Term
Entrechat trois
Definition
Three crossings. (Entrechat trois is a royale that finishes on one foot with the other foot in sur le cou-de-pied, either front or back)
Term
Failli
Definition
Essentially faille is a sissone in which during the spring into the air, the feet are held closely together and simultaneously the body turns eggace so the Lt shoulder comes fwd and head turns to the Lt shoulder as the legs spring open.
Term
Fouette entournant
Definition
Whipped circle of the leg turning outward.
Term
Grand Pas de Chat
Definition
Large cat's step. (Russian turm. Execute a petite pas de chat, except the leading leg is thrown fwd as in a grand jete)
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Jete battu
Definition
Jete beaten
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Longitudenal arch
Definition
insteo arch; long arch from ball of foot to heel on the inside of foot.
Term
Metatarsul arch
Definition
located under the metatarsul heads of the foot
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Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facillitation
Definition
Scientific method of stretching that elicits a stretch-relax response
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Pronation
Definition
"Rolling in" of the foot towards the big toe joint and instep
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Principle factors of flexibility
Definition

1. amount of applied force

2. duration of applied force

3. temperature of tissue

Term
Pique tour double (inside)
Definition
Pique tour that turns twice before landing
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Pique tour (outside)
Definition
"Lame duck." Step forward in plie, then execute a pique tour on the second leg turning in the opposite direction to the supporting leg
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Penche arabesque
Definition
Arabesque leaning; tilted forward in an oblique line
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Petite allegro
Definition
Small lively, brisk dance movements
Term
Pas de ciseaux
Definition
Scissor step. Similar to a cabriole devant, except that the legs don't beat, but pass over each other (hitch kick)
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Pas de Deux
Definition
Dance for two
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Royale Double
Definition
Double royale. (essentially, a beaten entrechat quarte (beat, then entrechat quatre)
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R.I.C.E.
Definition
Remedy for injury. (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation)
Term
Reverence
Definition
Reverence, courtsey. Formal ending of class that is actually a rehearsal for actual ending of theatre performance in response to applause from audience
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Saut de Basque
Definition
Basque jump. (5th position, Rt. foot fornt. Step to the 2nd in demi plie on the Rt. foot turning so that the back is to the audience, and thrust the Lt leg to the 2nd postion in the air while pushing off the floor with the Rt foot into coupe front)
Term
Sissone, grand
Definition
Large or big sissone. (A jump into the air from both feet, drawing one leg up in a retire position and extending the other leg in grande seconde or a la quatrieme derriere.)
Term
Sissone battu
Definition
Sissone beaten
Term
Seven Movement in Dance
Definition
  1. Dart    (elancer)
  2. glide     (glisser)
  3. jump     (sauter)
  4. turn     (tourner)
  5. stretch     (etendre)
  6. bend     (plie)
  7. to raise     (relever)
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Soubresaut, grand
Definition
Large soubresaut (Russian changement). A jump with both feet from 5th position with the knees bent and the feet drawn up, toes pointed.
Term
Soutenu entournant
Definition
Sustained in turning
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Solo
Definition
One dancer
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Supination
Definition
"Rolling outward" towards the outside edge of the foot
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Static stretch
Definition
Passive stretches involving holding the position for up to one minute
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Temps de Cuisse
Definition
Thigh movement.  A step in which the working foot is picked up from 5th position and quickly replaced in preparation for a small sissone in the required direction.
Term
Temps de Fleche
Definition
Arrow step. (Hitch kick develope). First leg (bow) raise grand battment devant and then is bent and brought back as the 2nd leg (arrow) does a qucik develope through it
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Turn-out
Definition
Rotation of the legs from the hip, outward away from the midline of the body. (The hips, knees, and toes point outward away from the midline of the body.)
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Tour jete
Definition
Large jete over and turning. Similar to the grand jete except that in mid air, the body is flung over to face the direction from which the jump originated, landing in a demi plie in arabesque
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