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Ballet One vocab.
terms for test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adage | slow sustained movement |
| `A la quatri`eme derri`ere | to the fourth back accent on a firs |
| `A la quatri`eme devant | to the fourth front |
| Allegro | brisk lively movement |
| Assembl`e | to assemble |
| Au Milieu | center practice |
| Barre | side practice |
| Battement D`egag`e | to disengage |
| Battement Tendu | to stretch |
| Bras Bas | low arms |
| Chass`e | to chase |
| Cou de Pied | neck of the foot |
| Coup`e | to cut |
| Demi-Pli`e | half bend |
| Demi-seconde | half second |
| `Echapp`e | to escape |
| Elev`e | to elevate |
| En Diagonale | traveling from corner to corner in a diagonal line |
| `Etendre | to stretch |
| Fondu | to melt |
| Glissade | to glide |
| Grand Allegro | big and lively |
| Pas De Chat | step of the cat |
| Grand Allegro | big and lively |
| 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 `a Terre | round of leg on the ground |
| Saut`e | to jump from two feet |
| Soutenu | sustained |
| un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit,neuf,dix | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |