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Page 1: Ballet Vocabulary. Alignment Proper body placement; posture with neck over shoulder girdle, shoulders over hips, hips over knees, knees over feet

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AlignmentAlignment

Proper body placement;

posture with neck over shoulder girdle, shoulders over hips, hips over knees, knees over feet

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Demi-Plie’Half bend of the knees

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Grand Plie’ Big full bend; heels come off the

floor (except in 2nd position)

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Tendu

Stretched; Slide toes along the floor until toes reach out to a pointe

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Degage’ - JeteTendu with the foot off the ground.

Means “To disengage”

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Grand Battement

Big kick• Example-working leg rises from

the hip into the air and is brought down again with both knees straight.

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Port de BrasCarriage of the arms

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Rond de Jambe’ Circling of the leg.

• Example-point foot front, side, and back, then through 1st and reverse.

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En DehorsTo the outside

En DedansTo the inside

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En L’Air

* in the air

A’Terre

* on the floor

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En Croix

In the shape of a cross

• Example-Four tendues in each direction front/side/back/side

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Devant

To the front

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A la secondeTo the side

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Derriere

To the back

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Passe’ Means “passed”. Toe passes

along supporting leg & stops below or at supporting knee.

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Developpe’ Develop the leg to an extended

position

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Eleve’ To rise onto the ball of the foot/feet without

a plie first.

Releve’ Eleve’ with a plie’

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Sous-sus

“Over / Under”

From 5th, plie’ then rise to releve with no space in legs and heels

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Pas de Bourree’ Step of the flowing. Step back,

side, then front.

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Glissade “To glide”

From 5th position in demi-plie’, degage front leg, slide and transfer weight, degage second leg into 5th position plie’.

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Assamble

To assemble or put together the legs

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Cambre • Bending at the torso

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Soutenu A turn that begins with a deep plie

with the leading leg extended in a tendue position. Turning underneath yourself

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Spotting The movement of the head and

focusing of the eyes in turns to keep from getting dizzy

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Pirouette A Turn

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Chasse’ Means “to chase”. One foot literally

chases the other foot out of its position. Step, together, step.

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Chaine’ Chain like turns

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Grand Jete’A Big leap

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26. Pique

To prick or lightly tap as if dotting an “i”

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Pique Turns

Stepping onto a straight knee and turning on passe

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Changement

A jump to change feet from front to back or vise versa

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Saute’ A jump that begins and ends in a

demi-plie’. Both feet to both feet.

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30. Arabesque

A famous pose in ballet where one leg is extended to the back and the opposite leg is standing straight on the ground.

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Temps Leve“Raised time”

A hop on one leg

Echappe“Escape”

Changing from a closed position to an open position

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Balancoire Degage front and back brushing

through 1st

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Balance’Shifting the weight from one foot to the

other. 1, 2, 3 even tempo (brush, ball change, brush, ball change)

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Reverence A bow or curtsy at the end of class

to show appreciation to the teacher and other dancers

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Attitude A pose on one leg, the other leg

lifted, well turned out and bent at the knee with the lower leg and foot opened away from the body

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Pas de Chat Means “step of the cat”. Jump

sideways, and while in mid-air, bends both legs up bringing the feet up as high as possible, with knees apart. Land in plie’

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Bourree

Rippling movement in sous-sus position. Rapid steps where front knee is slightly bent.

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Plie’A bending of the knees

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Battement

“Beating”• Three kinds of battement:

tendue, jete/degage, & grand battement

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