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DICTIONARY

VOCABULARY

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Here will include each dance term listed alphabetically. Each dance term will include a definition and some may have a brief description of how to properly execute the movement. 

ABT Vocabulary Dictionary and Pronunciations

A

ABA Form

AB Form

Abstraction

Accent

Adage/Adagio

Aesthetic Criteria

A la Seconde

Alignment 

Allégro

Arabesque

Arm Positions

Assemblé

Asymmetrical

A Terre

Attitude

Axial Movement

Balance

Balancé

Ball Change

Ballet

Ballonné

Bar

Barre

Barrel Roll

Battement

Battement Frappé

Big X

Black Bottom

Body Image

Body Roll

Bourrée

Cabriole

Cake Walk

Camel Walk

Canon

Centre

Chaînés

Changement

Chassé

Contraction

Contrast

Choreographer

Choreography 

Counter Balance

Coupé

Croisé

Croisé Derrière

Croisé Devant

Dance

Dance Forms

Dance Phrase

Dance Sequence

Dance Structures

Dance Study

Dégagé

Demi

Demi Plié

Derrière

Devant

Développé

Drag Step

Dynamics

Echappé

Échappé Sauté

Effacé

Effacé Derriere

Effacé Devant

Elancé

Elements of Dance

Elevé

Encore

En Dedans

En Dehors

En Face

En l’air

Energy

Entrechat

Fan Kick

Flat Back

Flea Hop

Flex

Focus

Folk Dance

Fondu

Foot Positions

Forced Arch

Force/Energy

Fouetté

Frappé

Genre

Gestures

Glissade

Grapevine

Grand

Grand Battement

Grand Jeté

Grand Plié

Grind

Hitch Kick

Hinge

Improvisation

Intent

Isolation

Jazz Dance

Jazz Hand

Jazz Split

Jazz Square

Jeté

Kinesthetic Principles

Knee Hinge

Labanotation

Lateral Tilt

Layout

Modern Dance

Motif

Movement Pattern

Movement Problem

Musicality

Musical Phrasing

Parallel

Partnering/Grouping Skills

Pathways

Pas de bourrée

Pas de chat

Pas de deux

Passé

Petite

Phrasing

Pirouette

Piqué

Plié

Plié Châinés

Point

Port de bras

Postmodern Dance

Prances

Principles & Composition

Projection

Promenade

Pulse

Relevé

Repetition

Retiré

Retrograde

Roll Down

Rond de Jambe

Sauté

Shape

Sissonne

Skill

Social Dance

Soutenu

Sous- sus

Space

Spatial

Spotting

Stage Directions

Stag Leap

Styles of Dance

Stylistic Nuance

Supporting Leg

Suzi-O

Symmetrical

Tap Dance

Technique

Tempo

Tendu

Time

Time Steps

Tombé

Tour

TourJeté

Transitions

Trench

Triplets

Turn-Out

Two Beat Swing

Unison

Unity

Variety in Dance

Waltz

Work

Working Leg

B

C

D

E

F

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