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Dance Vocab
Question | Answer |
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Romantic Ballet | -women are the focus -point work -men replace God as hero -after Ballet d'action |
Ballet De Decore | Ballet of the courts used to impress nobility of other states |
Opera Ballet | RAD and 5 positions After Ballet De Decoure |
Ballet d'action | men are the lead, lighter costumes, came after Opera Ballet |
Trionpag de L'amour | 1681 1st professional female performance |
Neo-classical | -less rigid -dance @ extreme tempos -more modern and complex -technical movement |
Contemporary Ballet | Classical & modern -Greater range of movement -turned in legs |
3 Famous ballerinas | Maria Talglioni Carleta Grigri Fannie Elsler |
Ballet comique de la reime | 1581 Greek Myths |
Pile | Bent, Bending Grande and demi |
Coupe | Cut, cutting |
Releve | Rasied |
ron de Jambe | Circle of the leg |
En Croix | in the shape of a cross |
En l'air | in the air |
Piroutte | Spin or whirl |
En dehors | Clockwise |
Changement | change of feet |
Saute | Jump, jumping |
Pique | Pricked, pricking |
Degage | Disengage, prepare for takeoff in a jump |
Passé | withdrawn front, back, side |
Frappe | to strike |
Jete | throwing step working leg in air |
Allegro | Brisk, lively |
Chaines | series of wuick turns on alternating feet "chains, links" |
En dedans | counterclockwise |
Tendu | Stretch |
Battement | Beating |
Sus-sous | Under over |
Soutenu | sustained |
A terre | on the ground |
Fondu | Sinking down, pile on one leg |