User:Ejmc/Glossary of ballet by categories

Use this page when you know a movement or position but don't know the proper name. The Glossary of ballet is useful if you know a term but don't know it's definition.

Barre work

 * En croix - crossed
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Legs & feet

 * Positions of the feet in ballet - 1st through 7th positions
 * À la seconde - 2nd position
 * Second position, seconde
 * Battement - kick
 * Coupé - foot against ankle
 * Passé - foot against knee
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet

Arms

 * Positions of the arms in ballet - 1st through 5th positions
 * Bras Croisé - crossed arms
 * Glossary of ballet
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Body positions

 * Position of the arms in ballet
 * Arabesque
 * Attitude
 * Croisé, croisée - facing audience at an angle
 * Derrière - back side
 * Devant - front side
 * Effacé -
 * Elevé - rise from flat foot to balls of feet
 * Épaulement - rotating shoulders & head relative to the hips
 * Fondu - lowering the body
 * Plié - bending knees
 * Poisson - pose with jump into partners arms
 * Port de bras - movement of the arms
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet

Pointe

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Steps

 * À la seconde - movement to the side
 * Arrière - movement to the back
 * Avant - movement to the front
 * Bourrée - quick even gliding movement
 * Chassé - slide
 * de Côté - side step
 * Couru - small, quick steps
 * Développé -
 * En dedans - circular movement
 * En dehors - circular movement
 * Frappé - foot striking the floor
 * Glissade - glide
 * Pas - step or a group of steps that make up a dance
 * Pas de bourrée - 3 quick steps to back, side, front
 * Piqué - pointed tow touches floor
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet
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Jumps and beats

 * Assemblé
 * Ballon - bounce
 * Batterie - beat
 * Brisé - jump
 * Cabriole - jumb/beat
 * Changement
 * Échappé - jump/spring
 * Entrechat - beat
 * Failli - spring to land on one foot
 * Fouetté jeté - a leap that starts with a turn
 * Hortensia - jump with foot to knee
 * Jeté - jump from one foot to the other
 * Pas de chat - sideways jump
 * Petit saut - small jump
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet

Turns

 * Chaînés - series of quick turns
 * Demi Detourné - half turn
 * Fouetté - whipping around of the body
 * Pirouette - turn on one leg
 * Glossary of ballet
 * Glossary of ballet

Linking movements

 * Glossary of ballet
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Partnering

 * Glossary of ballet
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