Terminology Flashcards
(35 cards)
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Plié
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To bend
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Demi plié
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Half bend/small bend
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Tendu
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To stretch
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Devant
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To the front
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Jeté
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To throw
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Á la seconde
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To the side
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Choreography
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The art of making dances
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Improvisation
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Acting like something else, making it up in the moment
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Enface
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Facing the front
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Port de bras
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Carriage of the arms
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Retiré
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To draw up
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Decote
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Moving sideways
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Devante
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To the front
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Allegro
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Quickly fast
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En avant
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Moving foreword
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Derrie’re
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To the back
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En arriéré
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Moving backwards
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Coupé
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To cut
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Pas de chat
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Step of the cat
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Assemble
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To assemble
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Pas de bourrée
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Stamp step
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Arabesque
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The longest most straight line in ballet.
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Sissone
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A scissor like movement
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Fermée
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Closed
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Ouverte
Open
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Pirouette
To turn
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Tour en l'air
Turn in the air
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Chaînées
Chains or links
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Souten
Support or to sustain
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Soubresaut
Sudden spring
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Ballon
Bounce
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Grand jeté
Grand leap
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Corps de ballet
The dancers in a ballet who aren't soloists.
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Tutu
The tutu is a short classical ballet skirt made of many layers of tarlatan or net.
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