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26 Cards in this Set
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Adagio |
This is a slow, sustained movement. |
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Arabesque |
To pose on one leg whilst extending the other leg to the back |
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Assemblé |
To put together, to make a jump from one foot then landing on both feet |
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Attitude |
To pose, balanced on one leg while the other leg is slightly bent at the knee, etended to either the front, side or back |
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Balancé |
To rock - or to swing |
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Battement |
This means 'moving' the leg |
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Bourrée |
A move that is performed on your half-toe, whereby the first leg pulls the other leg in tightly - in very small and quick steps |
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Changement |
To alter, for example -jumping from one position, then change the legs and land in that same position |
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Chassé |
To glide, smoothly either to the back, side or front |
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Chat, pas de |
Like a cat stepping |
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Coupé |
This means 'cut' - to move the foot foot quickly off the floor and to put it either in front of the ankle or at the back of the ankle |
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Degage |
Meaning 'To disengage'. Between 'tendu' and a 'grande battement' |
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Demi-plié |
A small bend. |
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Échappé |
To escape- moving from 5th to 2nd position by sliding to ball of foot |
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Fondue |
Meaning to melt - to stand on one foot while bending one and extending the other, at the same time. |
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Fouetté |
To stand on one leg and to change the hip and body direction while keeping the leg in the same place |
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Frappé |
A fast action with the leg |
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Grand |
Meaning - Large |
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Grand jeté |
To throw - a big jump from one foot to the other |
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Grand plié |
To bend both knees fully, at the same time with the body lowered to the floor |
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Jambes, ronds de |
To circle the legs either on or off the floor, outward or inward. |
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Jeté |
Meaning to throw the leg or to jump with a throw of the leg |
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Passe |
This means to pass. The working legs' foot is pointed to the side of the supporting legs' knee |
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Petite |
Small |
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Tendue |
To extend the leg straight out from supporting leg with foot fully pointed - front, side or back |
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Tombe |
To fall with all your body weight onto the other leg |
