Terminology Flashcards
Memorize for Quiz! (52 cards)
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Adagio
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At ease; leisure
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Allégro
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Brisk; lively
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Allongé
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Elongated; lengthened
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Assemblé
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Assembled
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Ballotté
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“Tossed” a light, rocking quality, jump sequence
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Battement
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Beating
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Chainé
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Chained; linked; a series of small turning steps with the feet in first position relevé
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Changements
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change (of feet) from fifth front to fifth back
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Chassé
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Chased; used as a traveling or transition step
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Cou De Pied
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on the neck of the foot
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Coupé
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to cut
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Croisé
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Crossed
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Dégagé
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Disengaged
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Demi
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half; as in demi-pointe
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Écarté
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thrown apart; separated
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Échappé
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Escaped
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Effacé
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Shaded
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Elevé
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Elevated; a rise upward onto the toes
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Épaulement
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Shouldering; position of the shoulders in relation to the head and legs.
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Failli
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Giving away; a transition step through
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Fermé
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Closed
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Fondu
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to melt
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Fouetté
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whipped
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Frappé
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To strike
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Glissade
To glide
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Jete
Thrown
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Par Terre / A Terre
On the ground
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Pas de Chat
Step of the cat
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Passe
Passed
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Plie
Bent
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Port De Bras
Carriage of the Arms
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Port De Corps
Carriage of the body
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Releve
Raised; a rise or spring onto the toes from plie
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retire
withdrawn; rested
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sissonne
a jump from two feet to one foot, in various directions
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tendu
stretched
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Tombe
fallen
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tour / entournent
turn of the body
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En Arriere / Derriere
to the back
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En Avant / Devant
to the front
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En Cloche
like a bell
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En Dedans
inward
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En Dehors
outward
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temps
time
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contre temps
against time
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temps lie
connected time
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Penché
Leaning; inclined
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Piqué
Pricked
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Ouvert
opened
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Sauté
jumped; a single jump in a vertical direction
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Soubresaut
sudden leap; executed with the legs crossed in fifth position, without changing
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Temps Levé
Elevated (time); a jump taking off of and landing on the same foot
