E Glossary of ballet

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1.1 Écarté
1.2 Échappé
1.3 Élevé
1.4 emboîté
1.5 en

1.5.1 en avant
1.5.2 en arrière
1.5.3 en cloche
1.5.4 en croix
1.5.5 en dedans
1.5.6 en dehors
1.5.7 en face
1.5.8 en pointe


1.6 entrechat
1.7 entrée
1.8 entrée de ballet
1.9 Épaulé
1.10 Épaulement

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Écarté

(french pronunciation: ​[ekaʁte]; literally spread, in separated. ) 1 of basic positions of body facing audience @ oblique angle , downstage leg open side of body, along other diagonal, either touching floor or en l air. arm on same side working leg (i.e. downstage arm) raised en haut , other arm in second position. gaze directed raised arm along same diagonal.

in schools recognize écarté derrière, such french school, écarté devant described above, , écarté derrière differs in having working leg in second being on same side corner body facing, i.e. upstage leg working leg; upstage arm en haut, , gaze directed down length of arm in second.

Échappé

(french pronunciation: ​[eʃape]; literally escaped. ) movement done closed (first or fifth) position open (second or fourth) position. there 2 kinds of échappés: échappé sauté , échappé sur les pointes or demi-pointes. in échappé sauté, dancer takes deep plié followed jump in legs escape either second (usually when initiating first position) or fourth position (usually when initiating fifth position) landing in demi-plié. in échappé sur le pointes/demi-pointes dancer begins deep plié, springs onto les pointes or demi-pointes, ending in either second position (when starting first position) or fourth (when starting fifth) knees straight. dancer may or may not return initial position, depending on choreography.

Élevé

(french pronunciation: ​[elve]; raised, lifted. ) rising pointe or demi-pointe straight legs , flat feet. term used in schools in contrast relevé (in effect, relifted ), taken indicate rise plié (bent knees). in other schools (french, russian, textbook cecchetti), relevé covers both these concepts.

emboîté

(french pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃bwate])

en

(french pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃]; meaning in. ) preposition used in description of dancer s position (e.g., en plié, en relevé, en pointe) or holding meaning towards when describing direction of movement (en avant, en arrière, en dedans, en dehors = front, , inside, outside ).

en avant

see avant

en arrière

see arrière

en cloche

see cloche

en croix

see croix

front side side ( in shape of cross )

en dedans

see dedans

movement of leg in inwards rotation direction

en dehors

see dehors

en face

see face

en pointe

see pointe

entrechat

entrechat quatre

(french pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃tʁəʃa]; italian intrecciata, intertwined. ) step of beating in dancer jumps air , rapidly crosses legs before , behind. in entrechat quatre ( 4 ), starting fifth position, right foot front, dancer jump legs crossed, execute changement beating right thigh @ of left thigh, bring right leg in front again beating front of left thigh, , land in same position started. in entrechat 6 ( 6 ), 3 changes of feet made in air, changing foot in front. even-numbered entrechats indicate number of times legs cross in , out in air: regular changement 2 (one out, 1 in), entrechat quatre 2 outs, 2 ins; 6 3 , three; huit 4 , four. odd-numbered entrechats refer previous number, done landing on 1 foot other in cou-de-pied: example, entrechat cinq (five) same entrechat-quatre, done landing on 1 leg.

entrée

(french pronunciation: ​[ɑ̃tʁe])

entrée de ballet

an autonomous scene of ballets de cour, divertissement, comédie-ballet, opéra-ballet, tragédie lyrique, brings several dancers in , out of scenario.

Épaulé

(french pronunciation: ​[epole]; shouldered. ) 1 of positions of body or épaulement body @ oblique angle audience, downstage arm allongé in front , downstage shoulder appears prominent audience downstage leg works (e.g. second arabesque).

Épaulement

(french pronunciation: ​[epolmɑ̃]; shouldering. ) rotation of shoulders , head relative hips in pose or step. term relates movement of body waist up. head looks on shoulder forward (downstage).