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Ballet Vocab
Quiz #1
Term | Definition |
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Croisé devant | Crossed front |
Croisé derriére | Crossed back |
Effacé devant | Shaded (open) front |
Effacé derriére | Shaded (open) back |
À la seconde (position of the body) | Second (position of the body) |
Écarté devant | Front diagonal looking up at front foot |
Écarté derriére | Back diagonal looking down at front foot |
À la quatrième devant | 4th front |
À la quatrième derriére | 4th back |
Sous-sus | Under-over |
Dessous | Under |
Dessus | Over |
En bas | Pot de bras - down low in low 5th |
En avant | Port de bras - in front in 1st |
En haute | Port de bras - up top in high 5th |
À la seconde (arms) | Port de bras - to the side in second |
Sauté | Jump |
(Moving) en avant | Moving forward |
(Moving) en arrière | Moving backwards |
(Moving) de côté | Moving sideways |
Temps levé | Hop on one foot |
Temps lié | To transfer weight |
Battu | Battery/to beat (beat opposite where you want to land) |
Entrechat | Woven |
Temps d’arret | Straighten/plié |
Embôité | Boxed |
Enchainment | Chain/linking of exercises |