Intermediate Vocabulary (On going) Flashcards

1
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Demi Plie

A

Small Bend of the knees

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Grand Plie

A

Large Bend of the knees

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3
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Plie

A

To bend

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4
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Tendu

A

To stretch through the ankle

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5
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Releve

A

To rise into the ball of the foot

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6
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Degage

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To brush the floor/ disengage from Tendu of the floor

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7
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Pirouette

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To turn on one leg in releve

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8
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Standing Leg

A

Supporting Leg/ Hold alignment

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9
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Working Leg

A

The Leg that is moving

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10
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Posture

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Aligned Spine, long torso, extension lifted through the neck

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11
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Open Parallel

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Equal on both legs outside of the hips/trunk/ feet forward like 2 parallel lines

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12
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Closed Parallel

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“Close the gap”, feet inside of the hip structure

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13
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Parallel

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Position of the feet going straight forward. Feet align to ankles, to knees, to hips, to shoulders, and rest at the neck.

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14
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Carriage

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How you CARRY weight of your arms

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15
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Trunk

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The position of your hips or pelvis in movement.

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16
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Extend

A

Elongate a specific body part

17
Q

Expand

A

To Grow a movement

18
Q

Contract

A

To Shrink a movement

19
Q

Passe

A

To Pass/ Foot to Knee in passing, turning, leaping, or standing warm up

20
Q

Chasse

A

To chasse the leg (Can be done forward, backwards, sideways.

21
Q

Grapevine

A

A traveling step that has a dominant leg and suproting leg crosses from front to back in alteration.

22
Q

Choreographer

A

A person who creates or inspires dances to create movement for a variety of different purposes.

23
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Isolation

A

Moving one part of the body at a time/ check in for body needs

24
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Technique

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A portion of warm up that focuses on the alignment, proper placement, and fundamentals of dance movement

25
Q

Cardio

A

A set of exercises or dance movements that increases the heart rate. Helps to circulate blood and oxygen flow, as well as sweat out toxins.

26
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Stretch

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Increasing Flexibility when muscles are “warm”. Helps with injury prevention.