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A Dictionary of Ballet Terms (3rd revised ed.). New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80094-2. OCLC 4515340. Minden, Eliza Gaynor (2005). The Ballet Companion: A Dancer's Guide to the Technique, Traditions, and Joys of Ballet. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-6407-X. OCLC 58831597. Glossary of Dance Terms. New York: New York City Ballet ...
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This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.. This glossary lists terms used in various types of ballroom partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dancing, which have their own elaborate terminology.
Different styles of dance have their own terminology. The following articles contain information on dance terms: Glossary of ballet terms; Glossary of belly dance terms; Glossary of country dance terms; Glossary of dance moves; Glossary of partner dance terms
Chassé in ballet. The chassé (French:, French for 'chased'; sometimes anglicized to chasse / ʃ æ ˈ s eɪ, ʃ æ s /) is a dance step used in many dances in many variations. All variations are triple-step patterns of gliding character in a "step-together-step" pattern. The word came from ballet terminology.
In ballet, a pas de deux [pɑ d(ə) dø] (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers, typically a male and a female, perform ballet steps together. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The pas de deux is characteristic of classical ballet and can be found in many well-known ballets, including Sleeping Beauty , Swan Lake , and Giselle . [ 1 ]
In ballet, pas de trois [pɑ də tʁwɑ] is a French term usually referring to a dance between three people. Typically, a pas de trois in ballet consists of five parts: Entrée (the opening number for the three dancers, usually preceded by a short introduction) Variation (or solo) for the 1st dancer; Variation for the 2nd dancer; Variation for ...
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