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**Ballet Terms - 3**
Ballet 3 Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Arabesque | one of the basic poses in ballet. The name arabesque comes from poses on Moorish ornaments |
Attitude | a pose in ballet taken from the “Statue of Mercury” put into ballet by Carlo Blasis |
Battu | beaten |
De Côté | sideways |
Écarté | separated, thrown wide apart |
Effacé | shaded |
Emboîté | boxed |
En Arrière | traveling backward |
En Avant | traveling forward |
En Cloche | like a bell |
En Croix | in the shape of a cross |
En Face | face to face |
En Manège (enchaînements) | a series of steps executed in a circle |
En Manège (turns) | turns executed in a circle, generally the circumference of the studio or stage |
Entrechat Royale (also Changement Battu) | a beaten change |
Épaulement | shouldering |
Failli | giving way |
Fermé | closed |
Ouvert | opened |
Pas de Basque | step of the Basque |
Pas de Cheval | step of the horse |
Petit Jeté Dessous | small jeté under |
Petit Jeté Dessus | small jeté over |
Pirouette | whirl or spin |
Sissonne | this step is named after the man who created this specific movement |