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| A slow, carefully controlled type of movement |
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| To the second. (food placed in second position) |
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| Assembled or joined together. Working leg is swept into the air. Supporting leg jumps. Close to 5th |
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| Rocking Step. shifting weight from one foot to the other, crossing the foot either in front or in back. |
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| Bounce. Light, elastic quality in jumping |
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| Beating. Beating action of the extended/bent leg |
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| Foot glides forward, side or back without lifting off the ground. |
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| Similar to Battements Tendus Simple, but the foot leaves the floor. |
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| To throw. Similar to Battements Tendus Simple, but the leg is thrown at a 45 degree angle. |
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| From 5th - leg is thrown at 90 degree angle to front, side and back. |
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| Grand Battements en cloche |
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| The leg swings from front to back like a bell. |
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| Grand Battements jete pointes |
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| Begins as Grand Battements jet, but the foot stops at pointe tendue |
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| Grand Battements jete balances |
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| The whole body is swung forward and back while the legs are swung backward and forward. |
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| A series of rapid turns on pointes. |
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| Chased. A step in which one foot chases the other out of place |
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| "Neck of the foot," ankle joint |
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| Slow continuous bending and straightening of the knees without lifting the heels off the ground. |
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| Working leg is drawn to the knee of the supporting leg and extended to an open position en l'air with the hips level. |
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| Escaping or slipping movement |
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| Exercises performed in the form of a cross. |
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| Inward toward the supporting leg. Circular counterclockwise direction |
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| Outward, clockwise direction |
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| To whip, or a whipped movement |
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| A slow continuous movement, pressing the knees outward, where the heels come off the floor. |
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| To throw. The basic jump from one leg to the other |
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| a step where the weight is quickly transferred from one foot to the other. |
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| A passing position in which the foot passes by the knee of the supporting leg |
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| Small beating action of the foot or leg |
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| Pricked. Executive stepping directly on point |
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| Whirl or spin. A complete turn of the body |
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| The bending of the legs, with the knees directly over the toes |
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| Extreme point of Battements tendues simple |
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| A group of exercises designed to make the arms move gracefully and harmoniously |
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| Raised - a raising of the body on the points |
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| Drawing one foot up touching the other leg, with toes pointed |
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| Circling the leg on the gound |
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| Developpe leg 90 degrees and bring all the way around |
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| Term used to describe a dancers poorly turned in foot |
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| A jump from both feet to one foot. |
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| Focusing the eyes on a point at eye level while turning to prevent dizziness |
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| The standing leg/Leg taking the weight |
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| Connected Movement. An exercise used in center practice. |
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| A leg delineating movement |
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