Body facings
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Show it: Ballet Sequence (whole team)
100

in front

devant 

100

to bend


Plie

100

large kick

grande battement

100

struck

frappé

100

changement x3, entrechat

Demonstrate

200

back or behind

Derriére

200

"To Pointe" or "To Stretch"

Tendu

200

chains or links

chainés

200

to develop

développé

200

tombe pas de bourre, glissade, grande jeté

Demonstrate

300

crossed

Croisé

300

movement of the arms

Por de bras

300

to change

changement

300

open forward (hint - opposite of croisé)

ouvert

300

waltz turn

Demonstrate

400

outward

en dehors

400

to disengage

dégagé

400

in the shape of a cross

en croix

400

turned aside

détourné

400

chaines, pique, soutenu

Demonstrate

500

inward

en dedans

500

escaping

échappé


500

half 

demi

500

"To slide or glide"

Glissade

500

Rond de jambe en dehors, two degages derriere

Demonstrate 

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