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- Brisk, lively motion. An attribute of many movements, including those in which a dancer is airborne (e.g., assemblé, changement, entrechat, sauté, sissonne, soubresaut). Used in ballet to refer to all jumps, regardless of tempo.
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Jun 7, 2021 · Daily ballet practice is essential for maintaining good form, but before you can begin, it’s essential to understand the basic positions and movements of ballet. Below is a glossary of standard ballet terms.
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After the adage, it may include a dance for the corps de ballet (often referred to as the ballabile), variations for demi-soloists, variations for lead ballerina and danseur, or some combinations of these.
In ballet it is a position of the body, in profile, supported on one leg, which can be straight or demi-plié, with the other leg extended behind and at right angles to it, and the arms held in various harmonious positions creating the longest possible line from the fingertips to the toes.
Whether you're a classical dancer, jazz dancer, heels expert or maybe hip hop is more your speed, ballet actually translates (or can be translated) to virtually any style of dancing. Let’s put that statement to the test: At its most simple definition, to “plié” means “to bend at the knees."
Glossary of Ballet terms (A-Z): Adage, Adagio Slow, sustained and gentle movement. Adagio is a centre combination consisting of controlled, lyrical and continuous steps. It is characterized by the ease and grace of the positions and connections and builds the dancer’s control and endurance. An
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As nouns the difference between bullet and ballet is that bullet is a projectile, usually of metal, shot from a gun at high speed while ballet is a classical form of dance. As a verb bullet is to draw attention to (text) by, or as if by, placing a graphic bullet in front of it.
a type of dancing in which controlled movements of the body are designed to express the beauty of physical motion, often while telling a story, or a piece of music for such dancing. (Definition of ballet from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
