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Intro to Ballet Vocabulary
Vocabulary
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Dance
Undergraduate 1
04/11/2013
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Term
port de bras
 Definition
carriage of the arms
Term
en bas
 Definition
low
Term
en avant
 Definition
foward
Term
en haut
 Definition
high
Term
demi
 Definition
half
Term
grande
 Definition
large
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petite
 Definition
small
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adagio
 Definition
slow
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allegro
 Definition
brisk, lively
Term
devant
 Definition
in front
Term
derriere
 Definition
behind
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en croix
 Definition
in the shape of a cross
Term
en dedans
 Definition
inward
Term
en dehors
 Definition

outward

 
Term
a terre
 Definition
on the ground
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en l'air
 Definition
in the air
Term
ecarte
 Definition
seperated
Term
efface
 Definition
shaded
Term
a la quatrieme
 Definition
to the 4th
Term
a la seconde
 Definition
to the 2nd
Term
plie
 Definition
to bend
Term
tendu
 Definition
to stretch
Term
degage
 Definition
to disengaged
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ronde de jambe
 Definition
rounding of the leg
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developpe
 Definition
to develop
Term
grande battement
 Definition
large beat
Term
releve
 Definition
raised
Term
coupe
 Definition
to cut
Term
passe
 Definition
to pass
Term
balance
 Definition
rocking step
Term
tombe
 Definition
to fall
Term
pas de bouree
 Definition
bouree step
Term
chaines
 Definition
chained
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pique
 Definition
to pick/prick
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soutenu
 Definition
sustained
Term
chasse
 Definition
chase
Term
saute
 Definition
jump
Term
soutenu
 Definition
jump
Term
glissade
 Definition
glide
Term
changement
 Definition
change
Term
echappe
 Definition
escape
Term
jete
 Definition
to throw
Term
assemble
 Definition
to assemble
Term
pas de chat
 Definition
step of the cat
Term
Early forms of ballet
 Definition
minuet, gavotte, pavane, courante
Term
"The Sun King"
 Definition
first true form of ballet
Term
three main eras in ballet
 Definition
Romantic, Classical, Modern
Term
important romantic ballets
 Definition
La Sylphide, Giselle, Coppelia
Term
important classical ballets
 Definition
the sleeping beauty, swan lake, the nutcracker
Term
first ballerina en pointe
 Definition
Marie Taglioni
Term
Composed the nutcracker, swan lake
 Definition
tchaikovsky
Term
earliest notable choreopgrapher
 Definition
Marius Petipa
Term
short solos within a ballet that do not further the show
 Definition
Divertissements
Term
pas de deux
 Definition
a step (dance) for two
Term
 Definition

The Orlando Ballet. Dec 2012

Choreographed by Robert Hill.
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