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43 Cards in this Set
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Adagio or Adage |
Slow beat in music or slow sustained movements in dancing |
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A la seconde |
To the second. Facing flat front, leg stretched to the side |
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Alignment |
Good posture, relationship of body segments |
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Arabesque |
To balance on one foot with other leg fully extended behind |
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Assemble |
To assemble; jumping from 1 foot to 2 feet |
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Balance |
Rocking step, 123, 123 |
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Chaine |
Series of rapid chain-like turns |
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Changement de pieds |
Change of feet |
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Chasse |
To chase. The galloping step. |
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Corps |
Body |
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Coupe |
To cut; one foot positioned at the ankle of the other foot (window) |
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Croise |
Crossed |
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Degage |
To disengage. Working leg lifts a few inches off floor |
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Demi plie |
Half bend |
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Echappe |
To escape |
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Eleve |
To rise onto the balls of the feet from straight legs |
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En croix |
In the shape of a cross; a forward-side-back-side pattern |
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En dedans |
To the inside |
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En dehors |
To the outside |
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En face |
Body faces directly front (toward the audience) |
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Fondu |
To melt. A one-legged knee bend |
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Frappe |
To strike. Striking the floor with foot |
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Glissade |
To glide |
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Grand allegro |
Large traveling exercise across the floor |
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Grand plie |
Full bending of the knees. Heels rise in all positions but 2nd |
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Jete |
Thrown. A jump from one foot to the other foot with a "throw" of the leg into the air. |
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Plie |
To bend |
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Pas de bouree |
A walking step with three movements |
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Pas de chat |
Step of the cat |
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Petit Allegro |
Small, quick jumping |
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Port de bras |
Carriage of the arms |
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Port de corps |
Carriage of the body (core) |
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Releve |
To rise onto the balls of the feet from bent legs |
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Rond de jambe |
Round of the leg. Working foot traces a semi-circle on ground. |
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En dedans |
To move toward the standing leg. |
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En dehors |
To move away from the standing leg. |
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Saute |
To jump. |
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Sissonne |
A jump from 2 feet to 1 foot. |
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Soussus |
Under over. A position in which both feet meet, one directly behind the other. |
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Temps leve |
Time raised. To hop in a maintained position. |
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Temps lie |
Joined movement. A connector step. |
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Tendu |
To stretch. Working foot extends along floor and returns to closed position. |
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Tombe |
Falling or fallen. |
