Ballet
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French | English |
|---|---|
 Changé | change |
| Sans changé | with out change |
| en promenade | In a walk- "tour de promenade" is to turn in a walk. A term of french used to indicate that the dancer turns slowly in place on one foot by a series of slight movements of the heel to the required side while maintaining a definite pose |
| Fondu | to melt |
| Failli | To nearly fall; a movement that has the body supported on one leg, lean off-balance, then quickly pass the other leg in a given direction and catch the fall. |
| Piqué | to arouse or excite |
| Classé | class |
| Temps levé | time raised |
| Temps lié | connected movement |
| Échappé relevé | plié then springing to demi-pointe, then from first to second or fifth to fourth. |
| Échappé sauté | springing up from feet and landing in open position |
| En avant | in front |
| En arrière | behind |
| Épaulement | shouldering |
| Élancer | to dash forward |
| Ballonné | Bounced, ball-like. The dancer springs into the air, simultaneously executing a battement (throwing leg out to side), then lands in demi-plié with the working foot in sur le cou de pied. Ballonné sur le pointe is done in a pressed relevé, demi pointe or full point or when first learning, performed on the flat foot. |
| Ballotté | Tossed. this step consists of coupé dessous and coupé dessus performed in a series with a rocking, swinging movement |
| Sissonne | named for the originator of the step; a jump from two feet to one or two feet |
| Soubresaut | sudden spring or bound. a springing jump from both feet usually performed traveling forward and landing on both feet. |
| Tombé | "falling" any movement in which the dancer, having extended the gesture leg, falls forward, sideward, or backward into a fondu on that gesture leg. |
| Fermé | closed. indicates that both feet are in a closed position or that the feet at the end of a step are brought to a closed position |
| Ouverte | open to the audience |
| Allongé | elongated |
| En face | to face the front |
| Finale | the conclusion |
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