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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. 

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ABT Vocabulary Dictionary and Pronunciations

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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

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Balance

Balancé

Ball Change

Ballet

Ballonné

Bar

Barre

Barrel Roll

Battement

Battement Frappé

Big X

Black Bottom

Body Image

Body Roll

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Cabriole

Cake Walk

Camel Walk

Canon

Centre

Chaînés

Changement

Chassé

Contraction

Contrast

Choreographer

Choreography 

Counter Balance

Coupé

Croisé

Croisé Derrière

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Dance Forms

Dance Phrase

Dance Sequence

Dance Structures

Dance Study

Dégagé

Demi

Demi Plié

Derrière

Devant

Développé

Drag Step

Dynamics

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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

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Fan Kick

Flat Back

Flea Hop

Flex

Focus

Folk Dance

Fondu

Foot Positions

Forced Arch

Force/Energy

Fouetté

Frappé

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Gestures

Glissade

Grapevine

Grand

Grand Battement

Grand Jeté

Grand Plié

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Hinge

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Improvisation

Intent

Isolation

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Jazz Dance

Jazz Hand

Jazz Split

Jazz Square

Jeté

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Kinesthetic Principles

Knee Hinge

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Labanotation

Lateral Tilt

Layout

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Modern Dance

Motif

Movement Pattern

Movement Problem

Musicality

Musical Phrasing

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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

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Relevé

Repetition

Retiré

Retrograde

Roll Down

Rond de Jambe

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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

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Tap Dance

Technique

Tempo

Tendu

Time

Time Steps

Tombé

Tour

TourJeté

Transitions

Trench

Triplets

Turn-Out

Two Beat Swing

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Unity

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Work

Working Leg

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