Ballet Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. round of the leg (three words, with spaces)
  2. 6. beating, beating action of extended or bent leg
  3. 7. half, part way
  4. 8. slow, ease or leisure
  5. 10. whirl or spin
  6. 14. carriage of the arms, position of the arms (three words, with spaces)
  7. 18. raised, to rise
  8. 20. on the floor (à _______)
  9. 22. basic position, supporting leg is straight or bent, the other leg is lifted straight to the back
  10. 23. developing, slowly drawn up or out
  11. 24. big, large.
  12. 26. in the air. Doing the movement in the air (en _________)
  13. 27. chased, one foot chasing the other out of position
  14. 29. disengaged
  15. 30. glide. A traveling step
  16. 31. to stretch
Down
  1. 1. to the side (a la ______________)
  2. 2. sustained
  3. 3. three little steps used to connect ballet movements (up --> up --> down)(back, side, front) (Three words, with spaces)
  4. 5. outward (en _________)
  5. 7. behind, back
  6. 9. chain or link, series of fast turns done in a line or circle
  7. 11. in the shape of a cross (Two words, with space)
  8. 12. small, little
  9. 13. “to pass”; toes at the knee
  10. 14. pricked, pricking
  11. 15. assembled or joined together
  12. 16. fast, brisk or lively
  13. 17. rocking step
  14. 19. bent, bending
  15. 21. inward (en ________)
  16. 25. in front
  17. 28. under-over