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19 Cards in this Set
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Centre exericises (Nonlocomotor to locomotor movement)
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Term used for second part of ballet class. These movements takes place in open center area of danceroom
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Order of Centre
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Begins with slow balancing movements graduating to leaps, jumps, and turns in the air.
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Port de bras -Centre (nonlocomotor)
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Carriage of the arms: 1. How a dancer uses his arms. 2. Specific movements of the arms
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Eight Positions of the Body (nonlocomotor)
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Eight positions/directions of the bodyEight positions/directions of the body; adagio with specific arms & heads used internationally within ALL ballet movements.
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Croisé Devant
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Crossed in Front
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A la Quatriéme Devant
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To the fourth position front
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Effacé
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To face
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Ecarté
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Open
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A la Seconde
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To the second or side
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Epaulé
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Shouldering
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A la Quatriéme Derriére
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To the fourth position Back
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Croisé Derriére
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Crossed in Back
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adage (nonlocomotor)
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Italian "at ease": slow work with emphasis on sustained positions and on balance.
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pirouette ["spin"] a terre.
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A complete turn on one leg staying on the ground.
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petit allegro/small jumps (locomotor)
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e.g.petit jeté: brush of working foot out, and hop off the supporting leg, landing on working foot with other bent behind.
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petit allegro/small jumps (locomotor)
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Turn on the ground/ in the air. Male dancers excel in this turn.
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pas de chat ["step of the cat"].
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Jump beginning fifth position, one knee bends as opposite foot pushes to lift both knees bent in air, then land again fifth
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grand allegro/large jumps (locomotor)
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e.g. grand jete (horizontal jump).Usually forward, it starts from brushing one leg, goes through splits,landing on other leg.
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Tours jete (grand allegro)
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a grand jete turning in the air
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