Ballet Vocabulary - MCQExams.com

Plié mean

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to rise
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to squat
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to leap
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to bend

Tendu means

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to stretch
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to lower
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to rise
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to circle

Degagé means

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to lengthen
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to strike
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to disengage
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to bend

port de bras means

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carriage of the body
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carriage of the arms
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carriage of the torso
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carriage of the head

Passé means

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to pass
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to cross
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to stretch
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to lower

When your arms are low it is referred to as

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en eau
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en bas
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en aire
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en dedans

When you cambré your back is

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arched
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straight
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spiraling
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curved

Relevé means

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to lower
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to travel
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to rise
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to elevate

Sous-sus means literally

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over-under
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over-around
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underneath
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wrapped

Soutenu means

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sustained
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limited
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arched
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withdrawn

on the ground

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tendu
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second position
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en dehors
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e terre

Detourné

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to jump
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turned away
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to the side
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every direction, Front, side, back

to rise with a plié

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Elevè
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Relevè
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Tombè
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grand pliè

Soussus

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Toes in front
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to spring
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under over
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to sustain

small

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demi pliè
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soussus
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petite
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assemblè

Demi pliè

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small bend
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half bend
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big bend
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to bend the elbows

to rise (no pliè)

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soussus
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relevè
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elevè
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tendu

En Criox

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to separate
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to cross, all sides, front, side, back
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to the side
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to the front

Port De Bras

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preparatory position
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first position arms
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the carriage of the arms
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the carraige of the legs

to stretch

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arabesque
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tendu
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tondu
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pas de bourreè

reverance

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curtsy or bow
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dance with two
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carriage of the arms
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to kick the leg

Degagè

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to disengage
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to desend
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to develop
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to dip

circle of the leg

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rond de chat
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rond de jambe
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pas de chat
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pas de jambe

en dehors

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outward
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inward
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close the door
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to cross

en l'air

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to jump in the air
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on the ground
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to travel side
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in the air

en bas

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preparatory position ( to begin a step)
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first position
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to the back
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to bend

grand pliè

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big bend
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small bend
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side bend
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back bend

Plié means

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to rise
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to squat
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to leap
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to bend

En avant means

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high; above
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low; beneath
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to the side
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in front of (the chest)

Grand Plié means

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small beng
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big bend
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to rise
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to pass

Demi Plié means

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small bend
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to squat
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to dip
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to lean

En haut means

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outward
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open; apart
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high; above
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inward

True/False: Arabesque is a position used in Ballet and does not have an English translation.

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True
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False

Chassé means

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to close
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to chase
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to turn
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to open

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