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position à la quatrième derrère
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position à la quatrième devant
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in ballet essentially means good posture.
alignment
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An ?? is a rise from straight legs to the balls of the feet. When the rise is made from a preceding
demi-plié, it is called ?? .
élevé relevé
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The feet must never be allowed ?? because that weakens
the ankles and the arches of the feet.
to roll either in or out
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In ?? , the toes never leave the floor.
battements tendus
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is a strong brush of the gesture foot along and off the floor to a fully stretched
position with the toes pointed and several inches above the floor, followed by
a return to the closed position.
Battements dégagé
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In battements tendues to the side, the movement of the
foot should travel ??
along a path indicated by the degree of turnout
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The chief function of the ?? is to develop speed and lightness in pointing the feet
dégagé
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Properly done, the ?? creates a lightness in the legs necessary for steps of
high elevation such as grand jeté
grand battement
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A ?? is a strong brush outward from a raised position at the ankle of the supporting
leg.
battment frappé
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action of the frappe ?? so the thigh does not
raise and lower.
happens from the knee down
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means, literally, “small beat on the neck of the foot.”
Petit battement sur le cou-de-pied
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The most basic is ?? , in which the gesture foot describes a semicircle on the ground.
rond de jambe á terre
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The ?? is a “withdrawing” of the gesture foot from
the floor until it touches the front, side, or back of the supporting knee.
battement retiré
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In the ??, the gesture leg is slowly “developed" by being drawn up to the retiré
position and then extended to an open position at 45º or higher to the front,
side, or back.
développé
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The basic action of ??--the coordinated bending and straightening of the legs—is
inherent in many allegro steps and movements of adagio.
battement fondu
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The shortened term ?? is used when referring to the bending of the body from thewaist.
combré
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is toward the audience.
de face
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Positions of the body that face directly front, ??.
en face
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are two poses most frequently associated with ballet.
attitude and arabesque
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The ballet attitude is a pose on one leg, the other leg lifted, well turned out and ?? with the lower leg and foot opened away from the body.
bent at the knee
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Tombé is any movement in which the dancer, having extended a gesture leg, ?? into a fondu on the gesture leg.
falls forward, sidward, or backward
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is a sharp step in any direction taken directly onto the demi-pointe of a straight leg.
Piqué
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The ? involves three movements either three shifts of weight, or two shifts of weight and then a closing to position.
pas de bourrée
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The arabesque, ... balanced over one foot with the othe leg ??.
fully extended behind
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A walking step.
pas Marché
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