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**Ballet Terms - 3**
Ballet 3 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Arabesque | one of the basic poses in ballet. The name arabesque comes from poses on Moorish ornaments |
| Attitude | a pose in ballet taken from the “Statue of Mercury” put into ballet by Carlo Blasis |
| Battu | beaten |
| De Côté | sideways |
| Écarté | separated, thrown wide apart |
| Effacé | shaded |
| Emboîté | boxed |
| En Arrière | traveling backward |
| En Avant | traveling forward |
| En Cloche | like a bell |
| En Croix | in the shape of a cross |
| En Face | face to face |
| En Manège (enchaînements) | a series of steps executed in a circle |
| En Manège (turns) | turns executed in a circle, generally the circumference of the studio or stage |
| Entrechat Royale (also Changement Battu) | a beaten change |
| Épaulement | shouldering |
| Failli | giving way |
| Fermé | closed |
| Ouvert | opened |
| Pas de Basque | step of the Basque |
| Pas de Cheval | step of the horse |
| Petit Jeté Dessous | small jeté under |
| Petit Jeté Dessus | small jeté over |
| Pirouette | whirl or spin |
| Sissonne | this step is named after the man who created this specific movement |