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Dance Term Defenition
Dance Terms Defenition
Adagio

Allegro

Assemble

A Tere

Battement

Cabriole

Chaine

Changement

Chasse

Coupe

Degage

Demi

Developpe

Echappe

Eleve

En Cloche

En Croix

En Deans

En Dehour

En Lair

Entrechat

Fondu
Slow

Fast

To assemble

On the ground

To beat

To caper

A link of turns

To change

To chase

To cut

To detach

Half

To unfold

To escape

To Rise

Swing forward and back (like a clock)

In the shape of a cross

Inward

Outward

In the air

A beaten spring in the air

To fold
Fouette

Frappe

Glissade

Grand Plie

Jete


Pas de Bourre

Pas de Chat

Passe

Petite

Piourette

Pique

Plie

Port de Bras

Releve

Rond de Jamb

Saute

Sissonne

Soutenu

Temps Leve

Tondu

Tour

Tombe
Whipped

To strike

To glide

Big bend of the knees

To leap from one foot to the other foot

Three step, weaving step

Step of the cat

To pass

Small

Yo whirl or spin

To step onto one foot

Bend of the knees

Arm movements

Relifted

A circling of the leg

Jump

Springing jump

Sustained

Movement raised

To stretch

To turn

To become off balanced
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