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Ballet 1 Final
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Undergraduate 1
12/10/2007
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Tour Jete
 Definition
thrown turned
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devant
 Definition
in front
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derriere
 Definition
in back
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en arriere
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backward
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a la second
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to the side
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en avant
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forward
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promenade
 Definition
in a walk
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saute arabesque/temps leve arabesque
 Definition
arabesque sprung or hoped
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grand rond de jambe
 Definition
large round of the leg
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pas marche
 Definition
walking step executed in a elegant dignified matter
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pas de basque
 Definition
basque step; from the basque people of the Pyrenees region of southern France and northern Spain
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Temps leve in retire
 Definition
retire sprung or hoped
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pique tour en dedans
 Definition
pricked turn inwards
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chaine
 Definition
chains or links
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cisseaux
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scissors
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sissone
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named after the inventor of the step
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pas de bourre
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step of running; french folk dance form
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plie; demi, grand
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bending movement of the legs; demi half, grand deep bend
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eleve
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to rise from straight legs to the balls of the feet
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releve
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raised or relifted; preceeded by a demi plie
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battement tendu
 Definition
beating stretched
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battement degage
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beaten disengaged from the floor
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battement fondu
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beating melted
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rond de jambe a terre
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circle or round of the leg on the ground
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petit battement; en coupe, sur le cou de pied
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small beat; in coupe(cut), on the neck of the foot
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en croix
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in the shape of a cross
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battement frappe
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beating struck
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developpe
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developed
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grand battement
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large beating action of the leg
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battement retire
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beating withdrawn
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attitude
 Definition
imitation of the statue of mercury
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arabesque
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influenced by moorish and arabic architectural ornaments and embellishments
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coupe
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to cut
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port de bras; bas, avant, haut

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carriage of the arms; low, in front, high
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tombe
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fall or fallen
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pirouette; en dehors, en dedans
 Definition
whirl or spin; outward, inward
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changements des pieds
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change of feet
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echappe saute
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escaped jump movement
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soubresaut
 Definition
sudden jump or jumping
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temps leve saute
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raised jump movement
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chasse en l'air
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chased in the air
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grand jete en avant
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large forward traveling leap
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developpe jete en avant
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developed thrown forward
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glissade
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to glide
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detourne
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turned aside
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pique
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pricked
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pas de cheval
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step of the horse
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assemble
 Definition
to assemble in the air
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enveloppe
 Definition
to envelop
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petite jete
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small throw
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pas de chat
 Definition
step of the cat
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sous-sus
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over under
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temps leve saute battus en second
 Definition
time raised, jumped, beaten in second
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balance
 Definition
to swing or rock to and fro
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