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Ballet - Mrs. Spear-Jones

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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