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Demi is a short or half plié and Grand is large or deep knee bend.  \nBattement Tendu: (tahn-diu) stretched extension of the leg. Foot does not leave the floor.  \nBattement Dégagé: (day-gah-zhay) to disengage. Basically a tendu where the foot leaves the floor. (Italian and French schools)  \nBattement Jeté (Russian school)  \nBattement Glissé (English School)  \nRond de Jambe à Terre/en l’aire: (rohn duh zhahmb ah tair/on l-air) circle or round ofthe leg on the floor/in the air.  \nFondu: (fon doo) means melt. Importance in this exercise is that the knees straighten at the same time.  \nFrappé: (frah-pay) means struck, or to strike.  \nPetit Battement: (p-tee baht-ma) small beat.  \nDéveloppé: (day-vloh-pay) developed or unfolded. Fundamental exercise of “adagio.”  \nGrand Battement: (grahn baht-ma) large beating action. Continuation of basic Dégagé .  \nPort de bras: means carriage of the arms.  \nPort de corps camber: (carriage of the body arched; refers to body bends/stretches done at the barre.  \nEpaulement: (means “shouldering” but refers to placement of head and shoulders in accordance to arm/leg positions) .  \nÉlevé: (el-uh-vay) rise from straight legs to demi pointe.  \nRelevé: (rel-uh-vey) rise from demi plié to demi pointe.  \nSous-sus: (sue-sue)“under-over.”  \nPas de cheval: Step of the horse  \nChassé: (shah-say) means to chase.  \nFouetté: [fweh-TAY]: Whipped. A term applied to a whipping movement.  \nImportant Positions  \nArabesque (air-ah-besk 1st, 2nd and 3rd) pose where body is balanced over 1 foot and other leg is extended straight behind. 1st, 2nd, 3rd refers to arm placement in pose. The Cecchetti method uses five principal arabesques; the Russian School (Vaganova), four; and the French School, two.  \nPassé: (pah-say) to pass.  \nRetiré: (ruh-tihr-ray) withdraw. Most common pirouette position of the legs.  \nSur la cou de pied: (sir-l’koo-duh-pee-ay) on the neck of the foot.  \nCoupé: (coo-pay) to cut.  \nCenter Work:  \nDirections ofthe body  \nCroisé, croisée : Crossed  \nEffacé: [eh-fa-SAY] Shaded. This direction is termed \"ouvert\" in the French method.  \nEn face: Facing front.  \nÉcarté: [ay-car-TAY] Separated, thrown wide apart.  \nDirections you travel:  \nEn avant: forwards  \nEn arrière: [ah na-RYEHR] backwards  \nEn croix: [ahn krwah] in the shape of a cross.  \nDirections your legs are placed:  \nà la Seconde: to the second position  \nDerrière: to the back.  \nDevant: [duh-VAHN] In front.  \nOther directions:  \nDe cô·té: facing sideways En dehors: Outward  \nEn dedans: inward  \nOuvert: [oo-VEHRT] open  \nFermée: [fair-may]closed  \nDessous: Under  \nDessus: Over  \nMore steps:  \nPas de Basque: (pah-duh-bahsk) step of the Basque people.  \nPiqué: pricked, pricking. Executed by stepping directly on the point or demi-pointe of the working foot in any desired direction or position with the other foot raised in the air.  \nBalancé: (bah-lahn-say) means to rock or sway.  \nMore Center work:  \nAdagio: (ah-dah-zheeo) Slow, sustained movements. Example: développé .  \nPenché, penchée: Leaning, inclining. As, for example, in arabesque penchée.  \nPirouette: (pir-oh-et) Turn or spin.  \nBourrée: Step of Bourrée', Bourrée being an Auvergne (court) dance  \nPetit allegro: (p-tee ah-leg-ro) Small jumps. Examples: changement, assemblé .  \nSauté: (so-tay) jump.  \nChangement: (shahnzh-mahn) means to change.  \nAssemblé: (ah-sahm-blay) means to assemble.  \nJeté: (zhuh-tay) means thrown.  \nGlissade: (glee-sahd) means to glide.  \nBatterie/Beats: Entrechat quatre (4) /royale: A changement in which the calves are beaten together before the feet change position. Also termed \"changement battu.\" /trois (3)/six (6)/cinq (5)  \nCabriole: [ka-bree-AWL] Caper. An allegro step in which the extended legs are beaten in the air.  \nPas de chat: step of the cat.  \nBrisé: Broken, breaking. 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