Vocabulary Flashcards
(99 cards)
1
Q
Plié
A
To bend
2
Q
Battement
A
To beat
3
Q
Tendu
A
To stretch
4
Q
Glissé
A
Glided
5
Q
Frappé
A
To strike
6
Q
Battement sur le coup de pied
A
Beats at the neck of the foot
7
Q
Retiré
A
To draw up
8
Q
Ronds de jambe
A
Rounding of the leg
9
Q
Assemblé
A
To join together
10
Q
Soutenus
A
To sustain
11
Q
Fondu
A
To melt
12
Q
Developpé
A
To unfold
13
Q
En cloche
A
Bell
14
Q
En rond
A
Round
15
Q
Demi pointe
A
Half pointe
16
Q
Relevé
A
To snatch
17
Q
Echappé
A
To escape
18
Q
Couru
A
Running steps
19
Q
Raccourci
A
To shorten
20
Q
Fouetté
A
To whip
21
Q
Tournant
A
Turning
22
Q
Emboité
A
Dove tail
23
Q
Bras bas
A
Arms down
24
Q
Demi seconde
A
Half second
25
Demi bras
Half arms
26
Bras croisé
Crossed arms
27
En couronne
Crowned
28
A deux bras
With two arms
29
Epaulment
Use of the shoulders
30
Degagé
To disengage/point
31
Chassé
To slide
32
Posé
To step
33
Demi-detourné
Half a turn
34
Temps lié
Time linked
35
Tombé
To fall
36
A dos
The back
37
Rotation
To rotate
38
Allongé
Elongated/lengthened
39
Penchee
To lean/tilt
40
Ballotté
To toss
41
En l'air
In the air
42
A terre
On the ground
43
Pirouette
To spin
44
Chaines
A chain/series
45
Sauté
To jump
46
Changement
To change
47
Soubresaut
Spring without changing feet
48
Temps levé
To hop
49
Jeté
To throw
50
Glissade
To glide
51
Pas de Basque
Step from the Basque Country
52
Pas de chat
Step of the cat
53
Balancé
To swing or rock
54
Coupé
To cut
55
Sissonne
scissor like
56
Changeé
To change
57
Pas de bouree
Running steps
58
Pique
Pricked
59
Contretemps
Against time
60
Ballonne
A bouncing step
61
Composé
Compound
62
Failli
To give way
63
Coda
Tail
64
Battu
Beaten
65
Entrechat
Interweave
66
Brisé
broken
67
Tour en l'air
Turn in the air
68
Premiere
First
69
Deux
Two
70
Trois
Three
71
Quatre
Four
72
Cinq
Five
73
Six
Six
74
Doublee
double
75
A deux bras
With two arms
76
Demi
half
77
Grand
Big
78
Petit
Small
79
Port de bras
Movement of the arms
80
Adage
Slow controlled movements
81
Allegro
Lively fast movement
82
Sur place
On the spot
83
Devant
At the front
84
Derriere
At the back
85
A la seconde
In second
86
En face
Opposite
87
Croisé
Crossed
88
Ouverte
open
89
Ferme
Closed
90
De cote
Sideways
91
Passé
passing
92
Efface
shaded
93
Ecarte
Thrown wide open
94
En arrière
backwards
95
En avant
forwards
96
En diagonale
On the diagonal
97
En croix
In the shape of a cross
98
En dehors
Outwards
99
En dedans
Inwards
