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Barre exerices (Nonlocomotor movement)
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Exercises at barre (railing waist high, along wall of dance studio.) Also relates to first half of ballet class.
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Order of Barre
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Begins with bends/stretches graduating to larger movements.
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plié
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knee bends, done with the legs turned out
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tendu
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stretched
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dégagé
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disengaged
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rond de jambe
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Circular movement of the leg
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fondu
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melted
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developpé
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developed
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frappé
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struck, struck beat
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arabesque
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A pose with one leg stretched straight out to the back 45,90,135 degrees and one arm usually stretched out to the front.
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attitude
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A pose. As with the arabesque, the leg is raised, but it is bent, not straight.
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Grand Battement/BattementCloche
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"kick" in which the working leg is raised as high as possible front, side, or back
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