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Vocab Flashcards

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The ability of the dancer to turn his or her feet and legs out from the hip joints to a 90 degree to 180 degree position

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Turnout

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Organization of the body, bones, muscles and joints in relation to dance

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Alignment

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Part of the dancers alignment the dancer must stay balanced through a center line, running up and down the mid line of the torso on two feet and on one

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Centering

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3
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Poorly aligned foot compared to the alignment of the knee cap

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Sickled foot

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Bending movement of the legs

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Plié

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5
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What are two forms of plié

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Demi- half bend

Grande- whole or deep bend

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Stretch or stretched in the working foot extends along the floor until the foot/toes are fully pointed

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Tendu

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7
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To rise without plié

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Eleve

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8
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Lifted rising to the balls of the feet with plié

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Releve

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9
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Tendu which releases from the floor. Usually done with accent to the start position

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Dégagé

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10
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Exercise done in the shape of a cross or in all directions

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En croix

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11
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In front or the the front

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Devant

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12
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In back or to the back

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Derrière

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13
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To the side

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A la seconde

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14
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The body is placed at an oblique angle to the audience and down stage leg crossed in front.

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Croise

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15
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Open or not crossed to the audience while standing at an oblique angle. The upstage leg is crossed in front.

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Efface

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16
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Separated or wide apart (position of the body)

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Ecarte

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17
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Shouldered or the body is drawn in a way where the back is slightly visible shoulders slightly diagonal

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Epaule

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Opposite to the audience or facing the audience straight on

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En face

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Withdrawing of the gesture for from the floor until it touches the front side or back of the supporting knee.

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Retire

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To pass or when retire travels from front to back in a passing motion

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Passé

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Big or large beats. Working leg is raised from hip into the air and brought down again through tendu

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Grande battement

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Escaped or relive made with a slight spring. Usually with the feet starting in fifth and ending in second

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Eachappe

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Carriage of the arms or series of movements made by passing the arms through various positions

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Port de bras

24
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Arched body bends from waist backward or forwards with head following the movement

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Cambre

25
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Carriage of the body forward bend at the hip joints

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Port de corps

Penche

26
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To strike or struck. Basis for allegro steps especially jete.

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Frappe

27
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Static position

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Sur le cou-de-pied

28
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Circle or round of the leg

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Rond de jambe

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Outward or from the front to the back

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En dehors

30
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Inward or from the back to the front

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En dedans

31
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On the ground or touching the floor

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A terre

32
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In the air or off the floor

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En l’ air

33
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To cut. Step involving one foot cutting the other in order to replace it

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Coupe

34
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Forward direction of a step moving towards the audience

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En avant

35
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Backwards direction of a step moving away from the audience

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En arriere

36
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Sideways step either right or left

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De cote

37
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Chased. Step in which one foot chases the other foot out of its position

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Chasse or glisse

38
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Small beat performed in sur le cou-di-pied

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Petit battement

39
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Prick or pricking. The step exacted by stepping directly on the point or Demi point on the working foot in a direction or position with other foot raised in the air

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Pique

40
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To fall. The working leg is raised in the air and falls in any direction into a fondu on the working leg

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Tombe

41
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Three movements either three shifts of weight or two shifts of weight with a closing to a position

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Pas de bouree

42
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To melt or sinking down the lowering of the body by bending the supporting leg

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Fondu

43
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To develop or developed, the gesture leg is slowly drawn up to retire position and extended to open position 45 degrees or higher to either front or back

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Developee

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