Ballet Terms 🩰 Flashcards

1
Q

Frappé

A

To strike

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2
Q

Large beating

A

Grand battement

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3
Q

Small beating

A

Petit Battement

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4
Q

Sissonne

A

A scissor-like jump

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5
Q

To bend

A

Plié

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6
Q

To rise?

A

Releve

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7
Q

To stretch?

A

Tendu

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8
Q

To disengage?

A

Degage

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9
Q

Ateere

A

On the ground

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10
Q

Circle of the leg?

A

Rond de jambe

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11
Q

Endehors?

A

Outside

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12
Q

Endedans?

A

Inside

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13
Q

To melt?

A

Fondu

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14
Q

To cut?

A

Coupé

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15
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To pass?

A

Passé

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16
Q

Developpe?

A

To develop

17
Q

Soutenu?

A

To sustain

18
Q

Port de bras?

A

Carriage of the arms

19
Q

Croise?

A

Crossed

20
Q

Ecarte?

A

Separated

21
Q

En croix?

A

In a cross

22
Q

Deviant?

A

In front

23
Q

Derrière?

A

Behind

24
Q

En avant?

A

Forward

25
Q

En arriere?

A

Backward

26
Q

En face?

A

Facing front

27
Q

Efface?

A

Shaded

28
Q

To jump from two feet to two feet?

A

Saute

29
Q

To throw?

A

Jeté

30
Q

Adage?

A

Slow graceful coordinate movement

31
Q

Glissade?

A

To glide

32
Q

To change?

A

Changement

33
Q

Step of the cat?

A

Pas de chat