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Ballet Terminology
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer of Nutcracker
tourner
to turn around
battement dégagé
to disengage
effacé
shaded
glissade
to glide
élancer
to dart
enchaînement
linking, a combination of 2 or more steps arranged to fit a phrase of music
ballonné
ball-like movement
chaîné
chains, links
dessous
under
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer of Nutcracker
tourner
to turn around
battement dégagé
to disengage
effacé
shaded
glissade
to glide
élancer
to dart
enchaînement
linking, a combination of 2 or more steps arranged to fit a phrase of music
ballonné
ball-like movement
chaîné
chains, links
dessous
under
attitude
a pose in ballet taken from the "Statue of Mercury" put into ballet by Carlo Blasis
demi-contretemps
half against time or half counter beating
fermé
closed
battement relevé lent
beats lifted
grand jeté
big throw
grand jeté en tournant
big throw turning
raccourci
shortened
au milieu
center practice
penché
to lean
adage
slow, sustained movement
temps-levé
time lifted
battement tendu
to stretch
ballotté
tossed
demi-détourné
half turn around
en manège (enchaînements)
a series of steps executed in a circle
demi-plié
half bend
fouetté
whipped
écarté
separated, thrown wide apart
balancé
rocking step
changement
to change
dessus
over
piqué
pricked
retiré
to retire
arabesque
one of the basic poses in ballet - the name arabesque comes from poses on Moorish ornaments
de côté
sideways
battu
beaten
petit jeté
small jeté
pas de bourrée devant
step of bourrée front
développé
to develop
en dedans
inward
en dehors
outwards
grand plié
big bend
enveloppé
enveloped
soutenu
sustained
sauté
to jump from 2 feet
bras bas
low arms
chassé
to chase
cou de pied
neck of the foot
coupé
to cut
battement frappé
to strike
barre
side practice
à la quatrième derrière
to the 4th back
à la quatrième devant
to the 4th front
à la seconde
to the 2nd
assemblé
to assemble
allegro
brisk, lively movement