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Dance Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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| Passé | withdrawn front, back, side |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 |