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30 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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battement
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"beating"
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tendu
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"stretch"
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degage
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"disengaged"
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fondu
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"sinking down"
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port de bras
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"carriage of the arms"
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port de corp
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"carriage of the body"
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devant
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"front"
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a la second
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"to the side"
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derriere
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"back"
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en dehors
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"outwards"
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en dedans
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"inwards"
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en croix
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"in the shape of a cross"
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a terre
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"on the ground"
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en l'air
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"in the air"
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chaine
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"chains, link"
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pique
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"pricking"
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soutenu
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"sustained"
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pirouette
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"spin"
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sautes
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"jump"
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jete
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"throwing"
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chasse
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"chased"
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pas de bourree
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"step of the bourree"
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eleve
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"elevate"
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rond de jambe
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"rounding of the leg"
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arabesque
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"lifting the leg to the back" similar to degage derriere
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turn out
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a rotation of the hip to make the leg look longer
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upstage
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away from the audience
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downstage
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towards the audience
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isolation
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moving one body part at a time
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common time
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music in counts of 8
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