Ballet I: Ballet Vocabulary Exercise #1

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Across
  1. 2. little steps
  2. 4. step of the cat
  3. 6. cut/cutting
  4. 8. at ease or leisure/slow
  5. 9. high
  6. 10. opposite the audience, facing the audience
  7. 12. sudden spring or bound
  8. 14. struck
  9. 15. large port de bras
  10. 20. chased
  11. 21. half bend of the knees
  12. 22. raised
  13. 23. bourse step
  14. 24. on the ground
  15. 27. brisk,lively
  16. 29. half
  17. 30. large battement
  18. 32. round of the leg
  19. 34. large
  20. 37. inward
  21. 39. arched
Down
  1. 1. under-over
  2. 3. pricked, stepping directly on the pointe or demi-pointe of the working foot in any deserted position
  3. 4. pique on the ground
  4. 5. royal
  5. 6. chained,links
  6. 7. walk slow dignified walk where the pointed foot reaches first then the heel is lowered
  7. 9. escaping or slipping movement
  8. 11. to the second or side
  9. 13. falling
  10. 16. rond de jambe on the ground
  11. 17. carriage of the arms
  12. 18. end of the class, curtsy or bow
  13. 19. forward
  14. 22. withdrawn
  15. 23. passed
  16. 25. bent,bending
  17. 26. little,small
  18. 28. stretched
  19. 31. rocking step
  20. 33. bar held for warm-up
  21. 35. disengage
  22. 36. low
  23. 38. jump