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Working leg
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The leg which is inscribing a movement
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Supporting leg
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The leg which is supporting the weight of the body
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Point
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To extend the foot, fully stretching the ankle with the instep forced into an arch
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Flexed foot
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When the foot is bent upward at the ankle to the farthest degree possible
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Louis XIV
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King louis the fourteenth, of France. Founded first ballet academy in 1661, it was there that the first codified system for teaching ballet steps was created.
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Demi-pointe
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The position of the foot with the heel raised off the ground so that balance is maintained on the ball of the foot
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On pointe
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Dancing on the tips of the toes. Performed only by female ballerinas in special shoes designed to support the foot on a bertocle position
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Tendu
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"stretched". A movement during which the working leg is extended outward away from the body, with the foot sliding along the floor until fully extended (I.e., pointed)
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