FRENCH TERMS AND THEORY - Grade II

(ALL TERMS FROM GRADE I MUST ALSO BE KNOWN)

   
                                                                                     
RONDS DE JAMBE round of the leg

A TERRE on the ground

EN DEHORS outwards

EN DEDANS inwards

ASSEMBLE to assemble

SOUTENU to sustain

RELEVE to pull up or snatch

CROISE crossed

OUVERT open

EN FACE facing the front

EN L'AIR in the air

DEMI-DETOURNE half a turn

JETE to throw

GLISSADE to glide

PAS DE CHAT step of a cat

ECHAPPE to escape

 

RECOGNISE AND CLAP:

SEMIBREVES (4 beats) MINIMS (2 beats)

CROTCHETS (1 beat) QUAVERS (½ beat)


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