Word, Pronounce French, Dance, Notes*
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| show | French: folded or bent | Dance: bending of the knees | There is a "Demi plie" or half bending and "Grande plie" or full bending of the knees
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| show | French: raised again | Dance: rising of the body onto the balls of the feet after a plie, then lowering of the heels to the floor | From straight legs it would be "Eleve" (no plie)
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| show | French: stretched | Dance: brushing of feet along the floor with the leg straight without lifting the toe
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| show | French: withdrawn | Dance: a position in which the thigh is raised, knee bent, foot "withdrawn" to just below the knee either in front or behind the leg |In jazz and modern dance this position is often referred to as "Passé"
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| Petite Battement(peh-tee-t baht-mahn) | show 🗑
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| show | French: round of leg | Dance: when one foot describes a half circle on the floor
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| En Croix (ahn-krwah) | show 🗑
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| show | *No French meaning* | Dance: position of when the body is supported on one leg wich may be straight or bent with the working leg extended straight to the rear
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| Chasse (sha-say) | show 🗑
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| Pique (pee-kay) ** | show 🗑
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| show | French: chained or linked | Dance: two step turn which can be preformed in plie or releve. The body rotates 180 degrees on each step
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| Coupe (koo-pay) | show 🗑
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| show | *No French meaning* | Dance: movement of the head and focusing of the eyes in pirouettes and other turning movements.
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| Choreographer (kor-e-oh-gra-fer) | show 🗑
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| show | *No French meaning* |Dance: actual steps, groupings, and patterns of a dance work
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| Ballet(bah-lay) | show 🗑
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| show | *No French meaning* | Dance: a performance art form which uses the human body with energy through space and time
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| show | (poor-t dey bra-s) Literally "carriage of the arms". Describes a movement or series of movements designed to move the arms gracefully from one position to another.
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| Sus-sous/ Sous-sus (sue-sue) ** | show 🗑
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| show | Full bending of knees *See plie*
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| show | Half bending of knees *See plie*
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