SPRINGFIELD DANCE

Dance Vocabulary

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A la quatrieme (ah-la-cot-ree-em)		to the 4th position
A la seconde (ah-la-se-cohnd)		to the 2nd position
A terre (ah-tair)		on the ground
Adagio (u-dah-gee-oh)		slow
Allegro (u-leg-grow)		fast
Allongé (o-lohn-jay)		elongated
Arabesque (air-u-besk)		pose
Assemblé (o-som-blay)		assemble
Attitude		pose
Baisé (bay-zay)		lower
Balancé (bal-un-say)		rocking step
Balancoire (bal-un-swar)		swinging
Ballonné (ball-oh-nay)		bounced
Ballotté (ball-oh-tay)		tossed
Battement (baht-ma)		kick
Battu (baht-two)		beat
Bourré (boo-ray)		little steps
Bras (brah)		arms
Cambré (cahm-bray)		arch
Chaines (shen-nay)		chain step
Changement (shange-ma)		change
Chassé (shah-say)		chase
Contretemps (cahn-tru-tom)		counter-time
Corps (core)		body
Coupé (coo-pay)		cut
Couru (core-oo)		run
Croisé (kwah-zay)		crossed
De coté (day-coh-tay)		sideways
Degagé (day-ga-jay)		disengaged
Demi (de-mee)		half/small
Derriere (dair-ee-air)		back
Dessous(oo) (day-soo)		under
Dessus(oh) (day-soh)		over
Detourné (day-tour-nay)		turn around
Devant (du-vahnt)		front
Developpé (day-vel-oh-pay)		develope
Écarté (ay-car-tay)		thrown apart
Échappé (ay-shah-pay)		escape
Effacé (ay-fah-say)		facing
Elancé (ee-lahn-say)		dart
Elevé (el-lah-vay)		lifted (straight knees)
Emboité (ahm-bwah-tay)		box-like
En arriere (on-air-ree-air)		backward
En avant (on-u-vahnt)		forward
En bas (on-bah)		low
En croix (on-cwah)		shape of a cross
En dedans (on-day-dahn)		inward
En dehors (on-day-ohr)		outward turn
En face (on-fahs)		facing (front)
En haut (on-oh)		height
En l´air (on-lair)		in the air
Entrechat (ontru-shah)		interweaving
Envelopé (on-vel-oh-pay)		envelope
Epaulé (ay-poll-lay)		shouldered
Failli (f-I-yee)		giving way
Fermé (fair-may)		closed
Fondue (fahn-doo)		melt
Fouetté (fwah-tay)		whip
Frappé (frah-pay)		strike
Glissade (glee-sahd)		glide
Grande (grahnd)		big
Hauteur (ah-tour)		height
Jambe (jahm)		leg
Jeté (je-tay)		throw
Ouvert (oh-vair)		open
Pas (pah)		step
Pas de chat (pah-du-shah)		step of the cat
Pas de cheval (pah-du-shu-vall)		step of the horse
Passé (pah-say)		pass
Petit (pu-teet)		little
Pied (pee-yaid)		foot
Piqué (pee-kay)		prick
Pirouette (peer-oh-wet)		spin
Plié (plee-yay)		bend
Port de bras (pohr-du-brah)		movement of the arms
Port de corps (pohr-du-cohr)		movement of the body
Positions		5 positions of the feet
Quatre (cot-tru)		four
Relevé (rell-lu-vay)		rise (from plié)
Retiré (ret-teer-ray)		retire, rest
Rond de jambe (rohn-du-jahm)		circle of the leg
Royal (rohy-al)		royal
Sauté (soh-tay)		jump
Serré (sair-ray)		continuous
Sissonne (see-sohn)		name of the originator
Soubresaut (soo-bru-soh)		spring
Sous-sus (soo-soo)		under-over
Soutenu (soo-tu-noo)		sustained
Temps levé (tom-lu-vay)		time lifted
Temps lié (tom-lee-yay)		time connected
Tendue (than-doo)		stretch
Tombé (tohm-bay)		fall
Tour (toor)		turn in the air
Trios (twah)		three

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