Ballet Vocabulary (2) - Center Practice

我的芭蕾老师整理的地面练习常见动作的词汇表，非常实用。分享给初学者～
Adagio (slow movement practiced at the barre, in combination)

Basic body facings:

• en face
• croise
• efface
  

Epaulment (positions of body)
Leg Front:

• croise devant ("crossed front")
• a la quatriemme devant (front, en face)
• efface devant ("open front")
  

Leg Side:

• ecarte downstage
• ecarte upstage
• a la seconde (side, en face)
  

Leg Back:

• croise derriere ("crossed back")
• a la quatriemme derriere (back, en face)
• efface derriere ("open back")
• epaulet
  

Arabesques

• 1st, 2nd, 3rd
  

Pirouttes, basics

• En dehors (toward back leg, pick up back leg to passe)
• En dedans (toward front leg, pick up back leg to pass)
  

Travelling turns

• Soutenu
• Chaine
• Pique