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Ballet Vocab
Quiz #1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |