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The ballet barre and center floor combinations are found on the class
video link.
Ballet Vocabulary For Shape/Energy Teams - Unit 1
Vaganova - Russian style of ballet
Barre
Working leg - non weight bearing leg
Supporting leg - weight bearing leg
Plie - to bend
Demi - half
Grand - Big, large
Releve - to rise
Port de bras - carriage of the arms
Battement -to beat
Tendu to stretch
Jete - to throw
Soutenu - to sustain
Ronds de jambe - round of the leg (You are doing a circular
movement of
the leg)
En dehors - outward
En dedans - inward
En croix - in the shape of a cross - (You are doing something in
each
direction)
Sur le cou-de-pied - on the neck of the foot - (3 positionss -
front,
wrapped, back)
Temps leve saut� - time, rise, jump
Battements
1) Battement tendu simple
2) Double battement tendu
3) Battement tendu jete
4) Battement soutenu
Reverence -The bow at the end of class
Ballet Vocabulary for Effort Teams - Unit 2
Vaganova Arabesques
1st - efface derriere - arm forward=supporting leg
2nd - efface derriere - arm forward=working leg
3rd - croise derriere arm forward=working leg
4th - croise derriere - arm forward=supporting leg
Body Directions
croise devant
croise derriere
en face devant
en face derriere
efface devant
efface derriere
ecarte devant
ecarte derriere
croise - crossed
efface - shaded
ecarte - separated
devant - to the front
derriere - to the back
en face - facing directly front
Linking steps
Glissade -to glide
pas de bouree - step of the bouree
dessous - under
dessus - over
Battements
1) Battement tendu simple
2) Double battement tendu
3) Battement tendu jete
4) Battement fondu
5) Battement soutenu
6) Battement frappe
7) Battement developpe
8) Grand battement jete
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