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**Ballet Terms - 1**
Ballet 1 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adage | slow, sustained movement |
| À la quatrième derrière | to the 4th back |
| À la quatrième devant | to the 4th front |
| À la seconde | to the 2nd |
| Allegro | brisk, lively movement |
| Assemblé | to assemble |
| Au Milieu | center practice |
| Barre | side practice |
| Battement Dégagé | to disengage |
| Battement frappé | to strike |
| Battement Tendu | to stretch |
| Bras bas | low arms |
| Chassé | to chase |
| Cou de pied | neck of the foot |
| Coupé | to cut |
| Demi-plié | half bend |
| Demi-seconde | half 2nd |
| Échappé | to escape |
| Elevé | to elevate |
| En Diagonale | traveling from corner to corner in a diagonal line |
| Étendre | to stretch |
| Fondu | to melt |
| Glissade | to glide |
| Grand Allegro | big and lively |
| Pas de Chat | step of the cat |
| Petit Allegro | quick, lively combinations of jumps to develop speed |
| Petit Battements | small beats |
| Plier | to bend |
| Port de Bras | carriage of the arms |
| Relever | to rise |
| Ronde de Jambe à Terre | round of the leg on the ground |
| Sauté | to jump from two feet |
| Soutenu | sustained |
| Un | One |
| Deux | Two |
| Trois | Three |
| Quatre | Four |
| Cinq | Five |
| Six | Six |
| Sept | Seven |
| Huit | Eight |
| Neuf | Nine |
| Dix | Ten |