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Ballet Spring 2014
Terminology, Body Positions
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Dance
Undergraduate 1
03/10/2014
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Term
Temps de cuisse
 Definition
thigh movement
Term
Ballonné
 Definition
ball like or bouncing step
Term
Piqué
 Definition
pricked
Term
Tour
 Definition
turn of the body
Term
Ballotté
 Definition
tossed
Term
Sissonne
 Definition
jump from 2 feet to 1 foot, or sometimes 2 feet as in sissonne fermée
Term
Brisé
 Definition
Broken, Breaking
Term
Brisé Volé
 Definition
flying brisé
Term
Saut de Basque
 Definition
basque jump
Term
Cabriole
 Definition
caper
Term
Rond de Jambe en l'air
 Definition
rond de jambe in the air
Term
Ciseaux
 Definition
scissors
Term
Fouetté
 Definition
whipped
Term
Contretemps
 Definition
beating against time
Term
Failli
 Definition
giving away
Term
Emboîté
 Definition
fitted
Term
Entrechat trois
 Definition
three crossings
Term
En manège
 Definition
circus ring, riding school
Term
Entrechat quatre
 Definition
four crossings
Term
En Promenade
 Definition
in a walk
Term
Tombé
 Definition
to fall
Term
Piqué tour
 Definition
piqué turning
Term
Tendu
 Definition
stretched
Term
Temps lié
 Definition
connected movement (transfer weight and position through demi plié)
Term
Pirouette
 Definition
whirl or spin
Term
Plié
 Definition
bend
Term
Temps levé
 Definition
raising movement (hop on one foot)
Term
Port de bras
 Definition
carriage of the arms
Term
Soutenu
 Definition
sustained
Term
Relevé
 Definition
raised
Term
Sous-sus
 Definition
under over
Term
Retiré
 Definition
withdrawn (position)
Term
Soubresaut
 Definition
sudden spring or bound
Term
Penché
 Definition
leaning, inclining
Term
Rond de Jambe
 Definition
circle of the leg
Term
Sauté
 Definition
jumped
Term
Royale
 Definition
royal
Term
Saut de chat
 Definition
cat's jump
Term
Passé
 Definition
passing (movement)
Term
Pas de Cheval
 Definition
horse's step
Term
Pas de chat
 Definition
step of the cat
Term
Pas de Bourrée
 Definition
back side front, rapid steps of the feet
Term
Ouvert
 Definition
open
Term
Jeté
 Definition
throwing step
Term
Glissade
 Definition
glide
Term
Frappé
 Definition
struck
Term
Fondu
 Definition
to melt, sink into
Term
Enveloppé
 Definition
enveloped
Term
En Face
 Definition
facing the audience
Term
En dehors
 Definition
outward direction of step or movement
Term
En dedans
 Definition
inward direction of step or movement
Term
En croix
 Definition
shape of a cross
Term
En cloche
 Definition
like a bell
Term
Échappé
 Definition
escaping movement
Term
Développé
 Definition
developing movement
Term
Devant
 Definition
in front
Term
Détourné
 Definition
turned aside
Term
Derrière
 Definition
back, behind
Term
Dégagé
 Definition
disengaged
Term
Croisé
 Definition
crossed
Term
Coupé
 Definition
cut
Term
Cou de pied
 Definition
neck of the foot
Term
Chassé
 Definition
chased
Term
Changement
 Definition
change of feet
Term
Chaînés
 Definition
chains,links
Term
Cambré
 Definition
Arched (body bending side and back)
Term
Battement
 Definition
beating: petit(small) grand(large)
Term
Balançoire
 Definition
like a seesaw
Term
Balancé
 Definition
rocking step
Term
Attitude
 Definition
position from statue of Mercury (leg bent at approx 120 degree angle)
Term
Assemblé
 Definition
assembled
Term
Arabesque
 Definition
position from Moorish ornament (leg straight back)
Term
Alongé
 Definition
extended
Term
À la seconde
 Definition
to the second, to the side
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